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Central Kansas Mental Health seeks 4% county funding increase and details crisis-service expansions
Summary
Central Kansas Mental Health Center asked Saline County for a 4% funding increase for 2026 (a total request of $376,272) and described recent growth in crisis services, including co-responder and mobile crisis work and an expanded jail reentry case-management presence.
Central Kansas Mental Health Center (CKMHC) told Saline County commissioners April 29 that it is seeking a 4% increase in county funding for 2026 and reviewed expansions in crisis services that the agency says reduce strain on county emergency systems.
Glenna Phillips, CKMHC CEO, said county funding serves uninsured and underinsured residents and allows the agency to provide crisis, outpatient, rehabilitation and psychiatric services that would otherwise go unmet. Phillips said uncompensated care in 2024…
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