Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Johnson County staff seek standardized MOU with Overland Park for co-responder crisis teams
Summary
County mental-health staff described a push to standardize memoranda of understanding for co-responder positions after 14 years of organically grown, city-funded arrangements; no final approval was recorded at the agenda review.
Tanner Fortney, a representative of the Johnson County Department of Mental Health, asked the Board of County Commissioners to consider approving a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the city of Overland Park to provide co-responder crisis-intervention assistance services. The item was presented for agenda review and no final vote was recorded.
Fortney said the county’s co-responder program began around 2010–2011 and has expanded organically with many individual city…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
