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Sedgwick County applies for roughly $11M in state grants to fund crisis services
Summary
Sedgwick County submitted two grant applications to the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services seeking state funding for its Community Crisis Center and mobile crisis teams; commissioners approved staff to file the applications and accept awards.
Sedgwick County officials told commissioners they have submitted two grant applications to the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services to help pay for community crisis services.
The applications cover funding for facility-based crisis services at the Comcare Community Crisis Center and for mobile crisis response teams. The agenda lists a grant application of $9,480,592 for the Community Crisis Center (staff narrative described a $9,480,000 request) and a separate application of $1,418,598 for mobile crisis response. County managers said the state will determine final awards and may renew funding for a second year.
Why it matters: County leaders said the crisis center and mobile teams reduce higher-cost outcomes — hospital stays, jail bookings and emergency-room visits — by offering 24/7…
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