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Johnson County accepts $300,000 Kansas Fights Addiction grant to expand care for uninsured and underinsured residents
Summary
County mental-health officials won a $300,000 Kansas Fights Addiction Act grant to fund integrated services for uninsured and underinsured people with substance use disorders; commissioners authorized reallocation of fund-balance reserves to allow expenditure.
The Johnson County Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously Jan. 9 to accept a $300,000 Kansas Fights Addiction (KFA) grant and to authorize reallocation of fund-balance reserves for fiscal year 2025 so the county can spend the award.
The grant will be administered by the county mental health department to expand integrated care for uninsured and underinsured people with substance use disorders and co-occurring mental illness, county staff said.
The county’s presentation said the award will support an existing Diagnosis and Outpatient Program (DDOP). “This will help to reinforce those efforts and bring this under an umbrella that will be a little bit more comprehensive and integrated forms of care,” Tanner Fortney of Johnson County Mental Health told the board. Fortney said services supported by the grant include community psychiatric supportive treatment, medication…
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