A Piatt County entity is celebrating the passage of a tax that will help keep its doors open and service operating.

On the WHOW Morning Show Tuesday, Piatt County Mental Health Center Executive Director Tony Kirkman told Regional Radio Piatt County voters approved a tax establishing a '708 Mental Health Board' that will oversee funding that will go to groups like theirs.

Kirkman has spent the last few months getting in front of Piatt County leadership and voters to promote the tax and its benefits.

While Kirkman was out publicly promoting the tax and its benefits, he believes the Mental Health Center's involvement in all of Piatt County over the years has led to its awareness across the county. It is that familiarity that Kirkman believes was instrumental in the passage of the tax referendum.

The 708 Mental Health Board will be made up of individuals appointed by the Piatt County Board and Kirkman says they will be charged with collecting those dollars and then deciding how they are to be distributed.

Kirkman thanks the Piatt County voters for their support of the tax and looks forward to the great things they are going to be able to accomplish with being appropriately funded for the first time in a long time.

One of the great things the Piatt County Mental Health Center has done is establish a ROSC program, or Recovery Oriented System of Care, in both Piatt and DeWitt Counties. 

Kirkman touted the good things happening with the program on Tuesday and we'll hear more on that with him in the weeks ahead on Regional Radio.