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Prairie View describes expanded crisis services, urgent care unit and request for increased county support
Summary
Prairie View told commissioners it has shifted to a CCBHC model, expanded mobile crisis and school‑based services, operates an 8‑bed behavioral urgent care unit and is seeking a 10% increase in county support to sustain services that largely serve uninsured and underinsured residents.
A representative for Prairie View addressed the board to summarize recent service expansions and to request a 10 percent increase in Harvey County funding for 2026.
The speaker said Prairie View became a certified community behavioral health clinic (CCBHC), which improved Medicaid‑related funding streams but left the agency to continue serving a majority of county residents who are uninsured or whose commercial insurance does not cover the full range of services they need. “Underinsured means your insurance doesn't cover…
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