Mercy receives grant from MHDAS
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As communities across the nation continue to see an increased need for behavioral health and addiction services, Mercy Health’s REACH (Recovery, Education, Advocacy, Care and Hope) program recently received two grants from the Mental Health and Recovery Board in Clark County as well as the Mental Health Board in Champaign County, specifically for the Medication-Assisted Treatment – Vivitrol program for opiate addiction.
A monthly injection that is used as medication sobriety support treatment for those battling an opiate and alcohol addiction, has been available to Mercy Health REACH since 2015.
Mental Health, Drug, Alcohol Service Board of Logan & Champaign Counties received $1,110,000 in funds from the Ohio State Opiate Response program. Mercy REACH was awarded $15,000 of those funds for the use of Vivitrol treatment for Champaign County residents participating in Mercy REACH program.
Hanover Township Mental Health Board awards funding at April meeting
Updated 4/30/2021 5:04 PM
The Hanover Township Mental Health Board approved $18,900 in funding during their meeting on April 27.
Ecker Center for Behavioral Health was awarded $12,500 in challenge funding to assist in the creation of their new crisis stabilization unit that will launch later this year. The unit is intended to assist residents in need of mental health services that do not rise to the level of hospitalization.
The board also awarded $6,400 in challenge funding to Partners for Our Communities to provide additional case management at the township s Astor Avenue Community Center in Hanover Park. Based in Palatine, the agency provides case management services for immigrants seeking legal, medical and mental health services, and more.
Dundee Township to sue Kane County to force mental health tax collection
Updated 4/22/2021 11:05 AM
Dundee Township residents who voted in support of a local property tax increase in March 2020 to fund mental health services may now have to await the results of a lawsuit to see if their new 708 mental health board gets the tax money.
Township trustees voted 3-1 Wednesday night to file a lawsuit against the Kane County clerk s office.
Clerk Jack Cunningham, upon the advice of the Kane County state s attorney s office, informed the township last month that his office would not collect the tax for the township. County officials believe the March 2020 referendum, approved with 63% of the vote, was not worded clearly enough to inform township residents a yes vote would increase their property taxes.
Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th) was re-elected Tuesday night to serve another term on City Council after running unopposed.
Fleming, who was first elected to the seat in 2017, will serve the 9th Ward from 2021 to 2025. She was the only candidate without an opponent this year in an election cycle where a slate of progressive candidates challenged most incumbents on the council. These newcomers saw some early success, ousting Alds. Don Wilson (4th) and Ann Rainey (8th) in the February primary.
2021 saw the highest number of aldermanic candidates since 1993, the year Evanston switched from two representatives per ward to one.
Fleming, who is also a founding member of the Organization for Positive Action and Leadership, recently opposed the city’s implementation of the Restorative Housing Reparations Program on the grounds that the program should not be called reparations.
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