Township News
Making small changes in your life can have an impact in your health, especially if you're diabetic or have a family history of the disease. Join us on Thursday, May 17th (English session) or on Thursday, May 24th (Spanish session) for these health tips. The program will be held at our Youth and Community Center. Please call 630-897-8777 for reservations. More information can be found here. (en Español)
Aurora Township in conjunction with AITCOY is offering a for-credit continuing education workshop on "Working with Youth in Violent Communities” on Tuesday, May 22nd. More information on the workshop and the registration deadline can be found here.
The May issue of the Aurora Township Senior Services newsletter is available for your reading pleasure. This month's issue can be found here.
Want an easy way to help your community and score some free ice cream? Roll up your sleeve and come to our Blood Drive on Thursday, June 28th to be held at the Youth and Community Center. More information can be found here. (en Español)
Welcome to Aurora Township!
Aurora Township is one of 16 townships in Kane County, Illinois, and one of 1433 townships in Illinois. All townships are mandated by state law to provide three basic services funded by local real estate tax dollars. These services are:
- General Assistance (local welfare) to qualified, low-income individuals for their basic needs. This program is administered through the Township Supervisor's office. Township caseworkers review eligibility criteria including financial and non-financial requirements. General assistance recipients must be residents of the township and citizens or legal residents of the U.S.
- Assessment of all real estate parcels within township boundaries for real estate tax purposes. The Township Assessor and staff of deputy assessors review and determine assessed valuations for over 39,000 residential, commercial, industrial and farm parcels within Aurora Township boundaries.
- Maintenance of roads and bridges in the unincorporated areas of the township, including snowplowing, maintenance of pavements, drainage culverts, surface repair and road rebuilds for approximately 42 miles of roads and streets in the unincorporated areas of the township. The Township Highway Commissioner is in charge of this office, which is also known as the Aurora Township Road District or Highway Department.
Aurora Township goes beyond the minimum mandated services by providing senior and youth services for township residents. These include:
- Youth Services: We have a full time youth activity center with after-school programs, as well as summer programs. Our youth services staff also provides outreach and mentoring programs in the local grade schools, middle schools and high schools for youth.
- Senior Services: Aurora Township is a major provider of paratransit and transportation for senior and disabled citizens through its Ride-In-Kane program. Through a partnership with PACE, the suburban transit agency, the township provides over 30,000 rides per year, with a priority for medical appointments and dialysis, on 7 full-time routes operating PACE lift-equipped buses.
