Kane County to deliver $2 million in relief funds to nonprofits

A portion of Kane County's share of COVID-19 federal relief funds will soon be in the hands of local charitable organizations.

The Kane County Board unanimously approved grants totaling $2 million to six non-profit behavioral and mental health organizations.

They include the Association for Individual Development in Aurora, Family Services Association of Greater Elgin Area, Family Counseling Service of Aurora, Ecker Center for Behavioral Health in Elgin, TriCity Family Services in Geneva, and Mutual Ground in Aurora.

"At TriCity Family Services, since the beginning of the pandemic, we have seen a dramatic increase in our wait list for those in our community who are seeking services," said Laura Poss, executive director of TriCity Family Services in Geneva. "Our mission is to serve and this grant money will help us tremendously with that mission. "We are thrilled and this is exactly what we needed to better serve our community. This is a great day for us and for the other organizations serving our community members."

Each of the six organizations will receive $333,333 from the county's Community Support Grant Program and will be used to help address the demand for services and staffing shortages caused by the pandemic.

The county is currently in the process of reviewing the applications of 63 other nonprofit organizations which support programs addressing mental health, housing instability and food insecurity.

The goal is to have an additional $2 million in funding from the Community Support Grant program awarded as early as next month.

The funding for Kane County's Community Support Grant Program comes from the federal American Rescue Plan Act.