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Sedgwick County moves to launch START pilot and formalize provider affiliations for IDD services

5959842 · October 17, 2025
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Summary

County staff described a grant-funded pilot to implement the START model for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and mental health needs and presented an affiliation agreement covering 14 local IDD providers.

Sedgwick County staff told commissioners they are moving forward with a grant-funded pilot to implement the START model—a team-based, evidence-based approach for people experiencing co-occurring intellectual/developmental disabilities and mental-health crises—and recommended an affiliation agreement covering 14 local IDD providers.

The pilot will be funded with CDDO grant money that staff said was provided by "Paydads" to support local implementation. "The START model is an evidence…

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