McHenry County Mental Health Board

The McHenry County Mental Health Board provides funding support to service agencies, managing a budget that includes sales tax funds as set forth in the Community Mental Health Act.

Our Mission: To lead and contract for quality behavioral health (mental health and substance use disorder) and intellectual/developmental disability prevention and treatment services for all people of McHenry County, Illinois.

The Illinois Community Mental Health Act mandates that each Community Mental Health Board in the state:

Review and evaluate community mental health services and facilities
Plan for programs of community mental health services and facilities
Consult with others regarding the most efficient delivery of services
Appropriate funds to maintain mental health services and facilities
The McHenry County Mental Health Board sees its role in a larger context, however, than that presented in the Act. The Board realizes that it exists at the will of the community as expressed by passing the referendum. The Board therefore is mandated to assure on behalf of the community that those in need of mental health, developmental disability or substance abuse services will have those services available to them.

To accomplish this task the Board must continuously engage in policy development focused on their governance of all access, quality and cost concerns for their constituency’s behavioral healthcare needs.