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Established in 1969, McHenry County Mental Health Board is engaged in the prevention and treatment of mental illness, developmental disabilities and chemical abuse. It plans, develops and contracts services for citizens of McHenry County in Illinois. Based in Crystal Lake, Ill., it works with providers, consumers, family members, legislators and community partners to provide leadership, funds, treatment and education for mental health care. Its list of agencies includes FamilyCARE, Youth Service Bureau and Adult & Child Rehab Center, among others. A programs, supports a federal children mental health initiative and credited through the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitative Services, the board is a member of the National Council for Community Behavioral Health care, Association Community Mental Health Authorities of Illinois and other organizations.

Established in 1972, OMNI Youth Services is a professional youth service organization that offers support, guidance and intervention to at-risk youths. It serves more than 15,000 individuals. The organization offers counseling, 24-hour crisis intervention, substance abuse prevention and treatment, youth and parent mentoring, family preservation, juvenile justice and youth development services. It conducts psychological tests for a range of mental illnesses, including depression and active suicidal tendencies. The organization s teen parenting program is offered in coordination with the pregnant and parenting teenage wards and offers ongoing family planning, parenting classes, education and employment assistance. Its youth mentor program is a drug, alcohol, tobacco and negative behavior prevention program that provides opportunities for one-to-one mentoring relationships between youths and positive adult volunteers. OMNI Youth Services is located in Buffalo Grove, Ill.