Ecker Center Earns $38K Grant From Geneva Mental Health Board

ELGIN, IL — The Ecker Center for Behavior Health in Elgin is set to receive a $38,100 from the Geneva Mental Health Board, with the money to support its critical services to local residents.

The board is a group of Geneva residents tasked with caring for the mental well-being of people with intellectual or developmental disabilities, mental illness or substance abuse.

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Thirteen Kane County nonprofits that serve Geneva residents submitted applications in the fall for funding from the Geneva Mental Health Board. Those organizations are set to share $200,000, about $40,000 short of the total amount requested, according to Suzy Shogren, who chairs the board.

Five Geneva-based organizations will split about $55,000 of that funding, with three Aurora-based organizations to share about $48,000, Shogren revealed during the Geneva City Council's Dec. 7 meeting.

The Lighthouse Foundation will get $21,100, two Batavia-based nonprofits will split $19,200, and the Lazarus House shelter in St. Charles will receive an $18,100 grant.

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The coronavirus pandemic has fueled a surge in demand for mental health services from Kane County providers, along with a slew of unplanned expenses for most of 2020, Geneva Mental Health Board member Christine Kautz said.

Many nonprofits have also had to cut their budgets, making it harder to provide services at a time when they are most needed, Kautz said.

More than a quarter of adults in the U.S. reported having unmet mental health needs in the past year amid the coronavirus pandemic, Shogren said.

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