St. Charles Property Tax Dollars Doled Out To Mental Health Agencies

ST. CHARLES, IL — In St. Charles, nearly every four cents of ever $100 of property taxes collected by the city of St. Charles is allocated to agencies that offer mental health services.

This past year, the St. Charles Community 708 Mental Health Board received 22 applications from agencies in town and presented its recommendations for funding allocation to the city council at a July 17 meeting, according to a news release from the village.

The council approved $632,269 be allocated to 21 not-for-profit agencies. Here is a breakdown of how much each agency will receive:

• Association for Individual Development: $37,942
• CASA Kane County: $29,531
• City of St. Charles Police Department (Social Worker): $70,000
• Community Crisis Center: $15,418
• DayOne Pact: $3,510
• Easter Seals DuPage & Fox Valley: $13,886
• Ecker Center for Mental Health: $88,848
• Elderday Center, Inc.: $14,553
• Fox Valley Hands of Hope: $14,580
• Fox Valley Special Recreation Association: $4,721
• Horsepower Therapeutics: $7,406
• Lazarus House: $38,226
• Lighthouse Recovery, Inc.: $51,840
• Living Well: $12,005
• NAMI KDK: $6,058
• Scene 2: $5,020
• Suicide Prevention Services: $8,438
• Support Over Stigma: $10,000
• The Joshua Tree: $1,856
• Tri-City Health Services Partnership: $14,013
• TriCity Family Services: $184,418

The mission of the St. Charles Community 708 Mental Health Board is to support and fund local, community-based, high-quality programs and services for St. Charles citizens with mental health needs, substance abuse needs, and developmental disabilities, according to a news release.