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Board discusses supporting medical detox unit; staff to coordinate with Wichita/Sedgwick County on funding
Summary
KFA staff reviewed a proposal to colocate medical detox in a crisis intervention center. The behavioral health commission emailed support. The project lists a roughly $700,000 gap; staff proposed meeting with Wichita/Sedgwick County municipal settlement planners to explore braiding funds.
Krista briefed the board on a presentation from a crisis-center partnership that would colocate a medical detox unit within a community crisis intervention center. She said the project would fill a local gap in medical detox capacity and could be leveraged as a model for other Kansas communities.
Krista said the project originally identified a funding gap "a little over $700,000." She reported that the Behavioral Health Services Commission (via email) expressed support, noting the proposal aligns with integrated-care goals and could be leveraged by other communities. KDADS (Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services) did not attend but provided a written note of support through the commission email.
Krista and staff proposed meeting with Wichita and Sedgwick County officials to review local allocation plans from municipal settlement funds that include treatment priorities and an item to "establish a medical detox program within the new crisis center by 2026." Staff indicated municipal settlement dollars may partially cover the project and that KFA could potentially braid funds; timing and exact amounts remain uncertain.
Why it matters: the project addresses an identified local treatment gap and could represent a pilot for coordinated state-local funding strategies, but it depends on municipal settlement allocations and further cost verification.
