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Officials describe Second Light shelter as low‑barrier center with beds, services; county funding still being finalized
Summary
Sedgwick County and Wichita city officials described Second Light, the homelessness shelter‑plus‑services campus formerly called the Multi‑Agency Center (MAC), as an under‑construction, low‑barrier facility that will provide assigned beds and on‑site behavioral‑health and vocational services, while broader county renovation funding remains under discussion.
Sedgwick County and Wichita city officials said Second Light, the project formerly called the Multi‑Agency Center (MAC), is under construction and being designed as a low‑barrier shelter plus an on‑site services campus that will include mental‑ and behavioral‑health space and vocational programming.
County officials told the town hall that two social‑work positions are already funded and on site and that the Second Light board is awaiting architectural drawings and construction cost estimates before broader county funding decisions are finalized. Officials said the facility will move to an assigned‑bed model so people who enter will be guaranteed a bed as…
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