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CONSIDERATION OF GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $650,000 FOR EMERGENCY CRISIS STABILIZATION BEDS FROM THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES (KDADS).
Presented by: Joan M. Tammany, LMLP, COMCARE Executive Director.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the grant award and authorize the Chairman to sign the grant agreement.
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Grant Renewal: Yes
Never Applied: Yes
Applied; not awarded: No
Grant Summary and Timeline: 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 emergency room (ER) admissions, local hospitalization, State hospitalization, and jail bookings. The project expands existing crisis services through the addition of: 23 hour crisis stabilization beds; crisis sobering services with average length of stay of eight to twelve hours; crisis acute medical detox services with average length of stay of three to five days; and children's short-term crisis residential services.
The target population includes children, adolescents, and adults in the Butler, Sumner, and Sedgwick County area who are at risk of a higher level of care, including voluntary or involuntary local and State hospitalization, due to the mental health crisis and/or crisis related to a co-occurring substance use disorder. Challenges being faced include growing incarceration rates, increased law enforcement referrals to the mental health system, increased used of emergency department by those experiencing substance use disorder, and increased use of psychiatric hospitalization due to lack of community based alternatives. The CCC seeks to address these issues by providing an alternative for these individuals in our community. This contract provides funding specifically for CCC services.
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