Batavia Mental Health Agencies Earn Grants From Geneva Board

BATAVIA, IL — Two nonprofit organizations based in Batavia are set to split nearly $20,000 in grants from the Geneva Mental Health Board, with the money to support their 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.

Two Batavia-based organizations will split about 10 percent of that funding, Shogren revealed during the Geneva City Council’s Dec. 7 meeting.

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Elderday Center will receive $10,100 to support its therapeutic services and programs for older adults. Elderday purchased Seniors Helping Seniors of Fox Valley in April 2020.

The board is set to grant $9,100 to Suicide Prevention Services on South Batavia Avenue.

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.

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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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