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WCCMHB & the Mental Health Sales Tax Funding

Investing in Mental Health. Impacting WinCo IL.

WCCMHB awarded $70 million to support 38 Core and 18 Accelerator Programs (Bottom of the page) for community mental health and substance use services.

Program Year 4-6 Core Programs

For Programs Years 4-6 (PY4-6), Winnebago County Community Mental Health Board (WCCMHB) awarded $60 million dollars to fund and expand 38 Core Programs that provide any combination of mental health treatment, crisis response services, case management, family and community support, client identification and outreach, and housing services. Program Year 4 started June 1, 2024, and will end May 30, 2025. Program Year 5 will start June 1, 2025, and ends May 30, 2026. Program Year 6 will start June 1, 2026, and ends May 30, 2027. NEW PROGRAMS are noted as such!

  • How are the Children?

    Systems Change through Community Data

    Alignment Rockford

    Program Page 

  • Social Emotional Skill Building and SED Services

    Boys & Girls Club of Rockford

    Program Page 

  • EPIC Program: Early Prevention in the Community

    Brightpoint

    Program Page 

  • Crisis Co-Response Team

    City of Rockford in collaboration with Winnebago County Sherriff's Office, Rockford Police Department, Loves Park Police Department, and Rosecrance Behviorial Health

    Program Page 

  • Mobile Integrated Health - Mental Health Program

    City of Rockford in collaboration with Rockford Fire Department and UW Health SwedishAmerican

    Program Page 

  • Inclusive Wellness Programming at FPC

    City Of Rockford in collaboration with Family Peace Center

    Program Page 

  • IMPACT

    (Integrated Mobile Partners Action Crisis Team)

    City of Rockford in collaboration with Health and Human Services

    Program Page 

  • Mental Health Counseling

    Increased Services and Internships

    Family Counseling Service of Northern IL

    Program Page 

  • BRCC Community Mental Wellness Response Program

    • NEW PROGRAM

    Family Counseling Services of Northern IL in collaboration with Brooke Road Community Center

    Program Page 

  • Senior Mental Health Program

    Lifescape Community Services

    Program Page 

  • Youth Suicide Prevention

    • NEW PROGRAM

    Marshmallow's Hope

    Program Page 

  • Case Management Training & Community of Practice

    NICNE

    Program Page 

  • Legal Services for Residents with Mental Illness

    Prairie State Legal Services

    Program Page 

  • Mental Health Services and Training

    RAMP Disability Resources & Services

    Program Page 

  • Domestic Violence Therapy & Advocacy Project

    Remedies Renewing Lives

    Program Page 

  • Unique Mental Health Services

    Unique Mental Health Services at the Perks Family Equine Center

    Rockford Park District

    Program Page 

  • RSAC Mental Health Services

    Rockford Sexual Assualt Counseling

    Program Page 

  • Rosecrance Access to Care

    Rosecrance Behavioral Health

    Program Page 

  • Winnebago County System of Care

    Rosecrance Behavioral Health

    Program Page 

  • Jubilee Community Outreach & Housing Stability

    Shelter Care Ministries

    Program Page 

  • Transition Counselor and Mental Health Curriculum

    Summit Academy in collaboration with Regional Office of Education

    Program Page 

  • Family & Community MHFA Training

    Tommy Corral Memorial Foundation

    Program Page 

  • CARE Program

    Compassionate Appreciation for Recovery in Everyone

    University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford in collaboration with UI Health Mile Square

    Program Page 

  • Clinical Learning and Education in Addiction

    University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford in collaboration with UW Health and Rosecrance Behavioral Health

    Program Page 

  • Enhanced Services & Community Prevention Education

    University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford

    MERIT (Medical Evaluation Response Initiative Team)

    Program Page 

  • Assistant State's Attorney - Mental Health

    Winnebago County Office of the State’s Attorney

    Program Page 

  • Juvenile Detention Center (JDC)

    Reducing Isolation through Expanded Benhavioral Health

    Winnebago County

    Program Page 

  • Juvenile Resource Intervention Center (JRIC)

    Behavioral Health Implementation

    Winnebago County

    Program Page 

  • Resource Intervention Center (RIC)

    Behavioral Health

    Winnebago County

    Program Page 

  • Trauma-Informed Community Care Coordination

    Winnebago County Health Department in collaboration with Illinois Collaboration on Youth (ICOY)

    Program Page 

  • Winnebago County Jail Behavioral Health Program

    Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office

    Program Page 

  • Protecting Youth Mental Wellness

    YMCA of Rock River Valley

    Program Page 

  • Mental Health for Homeless Youth (MH4Y)

    Youth Services Network

    Program Page 

Extended Core Program

This program that was extended from Program Year 2023-2024

  • Supervised Housing for Adults with SMI

    Stepping Stones of Rockford, Inc.

    Program Page 

Accelerator Awards

WCCMHB approved $10 million for “Accelerator Awards,” utilizing surplus funding from past Core Program Years.

Accelerator Awards

Winnebago County Community Mental Health Board approved $10 million for “Accelerator Awards,” utilizing surplus funding from past Core Program Years to fund time-sensitive, innovative projects that increase mental health and substance use services system capacity. Focus areas include Human, Social, and Physical Capital improvement projects to serve emerging and systemic community needs. The programs are in the order they were awarded. There are no “Program Years” like the Core Programs, but instead, each project is on its own timeline and will be available on the project pages. Information on these program pages will continue to be updated.

  • Justice-Involved Peer Navigator Program

    Winnebago County

    Program Page 

  • Family Peace Center Expansion

    City of Rockford in collaboration with Family Peace Center

    Program Page 

  • Dedicated Therapeutic Clinic Space

    Crusader Community Health

    Program Page 

  • Marshmallow's HOPE Youth IOP

    Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)

    Marshmallow's HOPE Nonprofit Organization

    Program Page 

  • SOAR Academy Playground

    Regional Office of Education #4 in collaboration with SOAR Academy

    Program Page 

  • Social Work Opportunities Tracks (SWOT)

    University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford in collaboration with Rockford University, Rock Valley College, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign School of Social Work, Regional Office of Education 4, and Rockford Public Schools.

    Program Page 

  • Neighborhood Y/Youth Enrichment Center

    YMCA of Rock River Valley

    Program Page 

  • Addressing Access & Coordination of BHC

    Behavioral Healthcare (BHC)

    Community Foundation of Northern Illinois

    Program Page 

  • Safe and Secure Schools

    Regional Office of Education #4

    Program Page 

  • New Agency Main Office

    To expand treatment options

    Stepping Stones of Rockford

    Program Page 

  • Student Support Interventionist

    Regional Office of Education #4

    Program Page 

  • New Behavioral Health Access Point

    Crusader Community Health

    Program Page 

  • Mobile Harm Reduction and Recovery Services

    Live4Lali Inc

    Program Page 

  • Transportation Insecurity

    Youth Services Network Inc.

    Program Page 

  • Juvenile Detention Center (JDC) Counseling Center

    Winnebago County

    Program Page 

Contact Us

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