The Hanover Township Mental Health Board approved several funding requests at their May 26 meeting at the Senior Center in Bartlett.
The board awarded $25,000 in Capital Funding to Marklund to provide medication administration equipment. Residents at the agency’s Wasmond Center in Elgin require 24-hour care, ranging from medical interventions to aid with daily living. The new equipment will maintain safe, efficient, and organized medication administration.
CASA Kane County received $20,000 in Challenge Funding for their Court Advocacy Program. Based in Geneva, this program ensures that children in the foster care system have a trained voice advocating for their best interests. The non-profit, volunteer-driven organization serves youth who have been removed from their home because of an unsafe living environment and are in the court system due to violence, abuse, or neglect. In addition to serving Kane County, the agency works with and places youth throughout Cook County and Northern Illinois.
The Mental Health Board will meet again on Tuesday, August 25 at 6 p.m. at the Township Senior Center.
Hanover Township serves over 100,000 residents in portions of the Cook County communities of Streamwood, Elgin, Bartlett, Hanover Park, Hoffman Estates and Schaumburg.
For questions about the Mental Health Board or to learn more about their funded agencies, please call (630) 837-0301 or visit www.hanover-township.org.
