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Agreement with Substance Abuse Center of Kansas (SACK) for Detox and Sobering Services Provided at the Community Crisis Center.
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Recommended Action: Approve the contract and authorize the Chairman to sign.
Background: The Community Crisis Center (CCC) seeks to create a center and system of integrated services located in Wichita that holistically addresses the needs of individuals experiencing a behavioral health crisis. The CCC project expands existing crisis services to promote rapid stabilization and avoid ER admissions, local hospitalization, state hospitalization and jail bookings. The project expands existing crisis services through the addition of: 23 hour crisis observation beds; crisis sobering services with average length of stay of 8-12 hours; crisis detox services with average length of stay of 3-5 days; children's short-term crisis residential services.
COMCARE has partnered with SACK and has agreed to award SACK $225,000.00 in funding to provide crisis detox and sobering services at the Community Crisis Center. These services include: assessment services to determine level of care, peer recovery services, sobering services, clinically-managed residential withdrawal management, medically-monitored residential withdrawal management, and discharge planning and referrals to ongoing treatment services.
Alternatives: If this agreement is not approved the Community Crisis Center will not be able to provide detox or sobering services at the Community Crisis Center. Without these services the Community Crisis Center will be less capable of addressing the needs of individuals experiencing a behavioral health crisis due to co-occurring substance use disorders.
Financial Considerations:
Cost: $225,000.00
Term: 1-1-16 to 12-31-16
Fund Center: 311036-16
Budget Authority Adjustment: No additional budget authority is being requested, sufficient authority is included in the 2016 budget.
Legal Considerations: The authority for this action is K.S.A...
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