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Do-over or do nothing? Townships face question over mental health board referendums
Sep 30, 2023 4:59 PM - Suburban townships where voters backed referendums last year to create community mental health boards now are trying to decide what to do with an apparent flaw in the language of those ballot measures: Try again in 2024, or wait for the state legislature to sort it out? -
Wheeling Township plans do-over on mental health board referendum
Sep 28, 2023 5:30 AM - Wheeling Township voters again will be asked to create a mental health board, and a tax to fund it, after officials acted Tuesday to place the question on the March 19, 2024 ballot. -
Voters backed creation of a mental health board last year. Now they may have to do it again.
Aug 11, 2023 5:00 AM - Mental health advocates cheered the success in a referendum last fall that created a community mental health board in Wheeling Township. But now they are devastated by the news that because of an apparent flaw in the referendum's wording, they may have to do it all over again. -
Investigation continues into shooting of two men outside Wheeling Township sports bar
Jul 2, 2023 1:20 PM - Cook County sheriff's police continue to investigate the shooting of two men early Saturday outside a sports bar near Arlington Heights. -
Wheeling Township mental health board takes first steps
Mar 22, 2023 6:47 PM - Four months after voters approved it by referendum, Wheeling Township's Community Mental Health board met Wednesday for the first time. -
Wheeling Township Serves Needs Throughout the Community
Feb 2, 2023 10:04 AM - Wheeling Township's motto, "Neighbors Helping Neighbors," is more than just a saying; it's a mission that is fulfilled on a yearly basis through an abundance of services and programs available to residents. -
Why Wheeling Township 708 board appointments are drawing mixed reviews
Jan 25, 2023 5:34 PM - The seven appointees to Wheeling Township's newly empaneled 708 mental health board drew mixed reviews this week. While lauded for their financial and government expertise, some questioned the lack of mental health pros on the panel. -
Wheeling police, grocer donate food to Wheeling Township food pantry
Dec 30, 2022 7:01 AM - Wheeling police and Carnicerias Jimenez grocery stores partnered Thursday to collect boxes of donated food for their "Arrest Hunger" drive. -
In wake of election victories, advocates continue push for community mental health boards
Dec 19, 2022 5:30 AM - Advocates were able to persuade voters to across the suburbs to establish 708 community mental health boards. But their work is far from finished. Now comes the task of moving from planning to implementation. -
'A heart for change': Advocates celebrate voters' approval of mental health boards
Nov 9, 2022 6:43 PM - Voters in four suburban counties made a strong statement Tuesday about the importance of treating mental health. Voters approved tax increases allowing for the creation of community mental health boards in Addison, Lisle, Naperville, Schaumburg, Wheeling and Vernon townships, as well as Will County.
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