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What Levy Funds Provide

Your continued support of the 0.6 mill Tri-County Mental Health and Recovery levy RENEWAL provides more than $2 million per year in LOCAL funds for:

Mental Health Crisis Services for adults and youth
Local hotline and warmline
Access to behavioral health hospitals and detox beds
Safe and supported housing for persons with severe mental illness
Safe spaces for persons living with mental illness
Supervised housing for men and women in recovery
Treatment and services for those without insurance or other means to pay
Community stakeholder coalitions for drug prevention, suicide prevention and healthy communities
Medication-Assisted Treatment
Prevention and wellness promotion
Programs to build resiliency in youth
Training and support to police and other public safety officials
Education, resources and more

This is a RENEWAL - Not a new tax

Chart showing tax liabilities based on a $10 per $100,000 valuation

1 Data Attribution:

As of May 2026; "Median" means half of properties are above this value and half below.

Courtesy of Midwestern Ohio Association of REALTORS® | Data Source: Realtors Property Resource® (RPR) | Public Records & Listings | © Realtors Property Resource®, LLC.

2 Tax Valuation

A property's Tax Valuation is calculated at 35% of the Estimated Property Value.

3 Effective Rate and Tax Liability

While voters approve up to 0.6 mill, the effective rate for 2026 is 0.29 mill due to how renewal values are calculated.

Homestead credits and other credits and rollbacks may further reduce your tax liability in a given year.

4 Value Basis

In the ballot language, the County Auditor states "ten dollars for each $100,000 of the county auditor’s market value".

November 2026 General Election Important Dates

Register to vote by October 5
Early/Absentee voting begins October 6
Election Day November 3.

Check voter status and polling locations at voterlookup.ohiosos.gov

What will the ballot language say?

PROPOSED TAX LEVY (RENEWAL)

TRI-COUNTY BOARD OF RECOVERY AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

SERVING DARKE, MIAMI AND SHELBY COUNTIES

A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage.

A RENEWAL of an existing six-tenths (0.6) mill tax for the benefit of Tri-County Board of Recovery and Mental Health Services for the purpose of providing COUNSELING AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO CHILDREN AND ADULTS through the operation of alcohol and drug addiction programs and mental health programs that the County Auditor estimates will collect $2,596,848.00 annually, at a rate not exceeding six-tenths (0.6) mill for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to ten dollars for each $100,000 of the county auditor’s market value for a period of five years, commencing in 2027, first due in calendar year 2028.

FOR THE TAX LEVY

AGAINST THE TAX LEVY

(Pending final approval from election officials)

Answers to your questions about the Mental Health and Recovery Levy Renewal

WHAT CAN I DO TO SUPPORT THE LEVY?

Read a message from Tri-County Board of Recovery and Mental Health Services Executive Director Terri Becker

Friends for Mental Health & Recovery, Jerry Herbe, Treasurer, 1280 N. County Road 25A, Troy, OH 45373 is a registered Political Action Committee established to manage the levy campaigns for the benefit of the Tri-County Board of Recovery and Mental Health Services.