Comcare outlines downtown crisis center expansion, estimates construction cost rise to about $22–23 million

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Comcare and county staff described plans to consolidate crisis services into a new Community Crisis Center next to the Wichita BioMed campus, expand detox and stabilization capacity, and fund the project with bond debt and available CIP cash while seeking state and CCBHC funding to offset debt service.

Jennifer Wilson, director of crisis services for Sedgwick County Comcare, told commissioners at a Jan. 21 staff meeting that the county plans to consolidate and expand community crisis services at a newly acquired downtown site adjacent to the Wichita BioMed Center and that estimates for the project have risen above the original budget.

Comcare’s proposal would combine existing North Main and Morris Place operations into a single facility designed to provide a broad crisis continuum: 988 call handling, mobile crisis teams, a 23‑hour observation area, expanded stabilization beds, sobering and detox services, inpatient coordination and assisted outpatient treatment. Wilson said the county intends to upgrade the licensing classification toward a “crisis intervention center” model that can be an alternative to state hospitalization.

Andrew Dilts, Sedgwick County facilities director, said the county purchased the Landon building on the BioMed block and…

Comcare outlines downtown crisis center expansion, estimates construction cost rise to about $22–23 million

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