The McHenry County Board is scheduled to appoint and re-appoint four members of the 708 Mental Health Board tonight. Sarah Wilson will have a term ending in the first of 2021. Cathy Ferguson, Tracy Champion and Rachel Boldman terms will end … Continue reading
From the McHenry County Mental Health Board about the $10,072,506 in grants for the coming year: The McHenry County Mental Health Board (MHB) is a special purpose unit of government regulated through the Community Mental Health Act. The Community Mental Health … Continue reading
A press release from the McHenry County 708 Mental Health Board: MCHENRY COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH BOARD ANNOUNCES ILLINOIS’ FIRST THREE-YEAR CARF INTERNATIONAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NETWORK ACCREDITATION October 2, 2017: The McHenry County Mental Health Board is pleased to announce it … Continue reading
A press release from the McHenry County 708 Mental Health Board: National Depression Screening Day Thursday, October 5, 2017 FREE Mental Health Screenings to take place locally Please join us this National Depression Screening Day, Thursday, October 5 and help us to spread … Continue reading
A press release from the McHenry County Mental Health Board: MENTAL HEALTH BOARD ANNOUNCES TOWN HALL MEETING In the spirit of raising public awareness during May, which is Mental Health Awareness Month, the McHenry County Mental Health Board (MHB) invites … Continue reading
A press release from the McHenry County 708 Mental Health Board: MENTAL HEALTH BOARD REPORTS ON SUICIDE PREVENTION TRA The QPR Institute and the McHenry County Mental Health Board are excited to partner to prevent suicide. QPR stands for Question, … Continue reading
State Rep. Jack Franks is promising to cut McHenry County government’s tax levy by 10% on the first day he takes office. That, of course, ignores the requirements of the Open Meetings Act for 48-hour notice, a requirement, if elected, … Continue reading
Next Tuesday, the McHenry County Board will recommend Dawn L. Pruchniak for membership on the 708 McHenry County Mental Health Board. Kathleen Kuchta tendered her resignation effective June 28th. Her term was up January 1, 2017, but she moved out of state. … Continue reading
A press release from the McHenry County 708 Mental Health Board: Cary Police Department and National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) offer Mental Health First Aid Training for Public Safety Personnel Since Cary Police Department’s Deputy Chief of Field Operations, … Continue reading
A press release from the McHenry County Board: Mental Health Board Applicants Sought The McHenry County Board is accepting applications from individuals interested an appointment to the McHenry County Mental Health Board. One term is available which expires on January 1, … Continue reading
On Monday, the Association for Individual Development, seeks to take over adult out-patient behavioral health services currently provided by Pioneer Center. AID was established in 1961, serving Fox River Valley residents from Yorkville north through Huntley. AID began as a … Continue reading
With Kane County’s Association of Individual Development seeking to take over Pioneer Center’s adult mental health services, Rockford’s Rosecrance is set to do the same for juveniles. It proposes to provide Screening, Assessment and Support Services (SASS). There is already a … Continue reading
The following is on the 708 Mental Health Board Agenda for its 4 PM meeting on Thursday, February 18th: Pioneer Center Funding Request not to Exceed $600,000 … Continue reading
A press release from the McHenry County 708 Mental Health Board: Epilepsy Foundation to offer Brain Injury Health Management Services With grant support from the Mental Health Board, the Epilepsy Foundation will begin offering Brain Injury Health Management services to … Continue reading
The minutes of the January 13, 2016, McHenry County Public Health Committee dipped into the mental health problems of those ending up in the County Jail. The statistics for last year show there were 6,200 individuals detained in our jail … Continue reading
A press release from the McHenry County 708 Mental Health Board: Thresholds to Increase Local Programming for Adults with Mental Illness Established in 1959, Thresholds provides healthcare, housing, and hope for thousands of persons with mental illnesses in Illinois each … Continue reading
On the agenda of the McHenry County Mental Health 708 Board are two requests from Pioneer Center. Key to the Board’s discussion next Tuesday starting at 6 PM is the “sustainability” of the organization, according to Executive Director Scott Block. … Continue reading
I couldn’t make it to the 708 Mental Health Board meeting last night, but Pete Gonigam of The First Electric Newspaper did. He reports what is in the headline, plus more. You can find his article here. A “bridge loan” … Continue reading
These are draft minutes from last Wednesday’s 708 Mental Health Board minutes. The only reporter in the room was The First Electric Newspaper’s Pete Gonigam. You can find the link to his article in McHenry County Blog’s article entitled, “Pioneer … Continue reading
What started in the late 1960’s as an agency to take card of what were then called “the retarded” has grown to absorb at least the not-for-profit homeless shelter PADS. It inow has apparently run into financial trouble. That was … Continue reading
