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Johnson County Mental Health to use $200,000 Kansas Fights Addiction grant for prevention programs
Summary
The county’s mental health center will accept a one-time $200,000 state grant to support prevention services including Strengthening Families, a virtual parenting curriculum, quarterly client surveys and an existing behavior-checker tool; staff said no new positions will be added.
Johnson County’s mental health staff told commissioners Feb. 20 that the county plans to accept a $200,000 Kansas Fights Addiction grant and reallocate fund-balance reserves to cover the one-time award for fiscal 2025.
Tanner Fortney of the Johnson County Mental Health Center said the grant will primarily backfill operating costs and allow the center to implement prevention services including the Strengthening Families program and a new virtual parenting curriculum for two…
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