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​In December 2023, the Kane County Board allocated nearly $10 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) federal pandemic recovery funds to KCHD to launch a multi-faceted endeavor to address gaps in the behavioral health system, including coordinating access to treatment and resources to support youth and families.

Expansion of Behavioral Health Services and Providers

Click the links to learn more about how grant recipients are using the funds to improve the behavioral health system in Kane County. ​

• Association for Individual Development: Family Services Expansion, Electronic Medical Record Expansion
  
• Boys and Girls Club of North Central Illinois: Case Management
  
• Casa Michoacan: Expansion of Services
  
• Community Crisis Center: EMDR Clinician Training 
  
• Ecker Center for Behavioral Health: Supportive Employment Program
  
• Family Counseling Services: Collaborative Care Program
  
• Family Guidance Centers: Mobile Harm Reduction Outreach​
  
• Family Recovery Centers: Strengthening Family Wellness
  
• Family Services Association: School-based Mental Health Services, Mental Health First Aid P​rogram
  
• Fox Valley Hands of Hope: Adult Programming, Support Groups​
  
• Kids Above All: Clinician Expansion
  
• Kane County Health Department: Buprenorphine Physician Training Program​
  
• Kane County Health Department: Information and Referral Program
  
• Kane County Health Department: Overdose Fatality Review Program
  
• Kane County Health Department: Naloxone Dispenser Distribution
  
• Mathers Recovery: Mental Health Service Expansion, Neuropsychological/Neurodevelopmental Evaluations​
  
• Mid Valley Special Education ​Co-op: Social-Emotional Learning Support​
  
• Mutual Ground: Substance Use Prevention Education in Schools​
  
• Plum Tree Child and Adolescent Psychology: Neuropsychological/Neurodevelopmental Evaluations​
  
• Suicide Prevention Services of America: Service Expansion
  
• The START Program: Behavioral Health Services for Victims of Violence​
  
• Tri-City Family Services: Service Expansion 
• VNA Healthcare: Expansion of Behavioral Health and Opioid Use Disorder Services​
• Well Child Center: Integration of Maternal Mental Health Support Services into WIC
• World Relief Aurora: Expansion of Behavioral Health Services
• Youth Outlook: LGBTQ+ Youth Service Expansion to Kane County

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Advancements in Health Equity

• Community Crisis Center:​ Bilingual Staff Expansion
• Elgin Partnership for Early Learning: School Readiness Support
• Kane County Health Department: Behavioral Health Provider Interpretation Training​​
  
  

Addressing Social Determinants of Health

Safe Spaces, Healthy Minds: Kane County Affordable Housing Initiatives:

• ​Hesed House
  
• City of Elgin 
  
• Two Rivers Head Start Agency