Horizons Mental Health Center reports rising service counts, announces downtown lease for adult services hub

Vicky Mader of Horizons Mental Health Center updated the Reno County commissioners on the center’s quarterly activity and upcoming local site expansion.

"We're up to 3,497 people received services for us in that quarter, and that's the highest it's been for the year," Mader said, describing quarter‑by‑quarter client counts specific to Reno County and noting service volumes and service‑mix information for board members.

Mader said service counts in a quarter can range widely but that Horizons is not seeing a decline; she reported service counts of between roughly 56,000 and 65,000 services in any given quarter across the provider’s reporting and described a focus on community‑based services including community psychiatric support and treatment (CPST), therapy and medication services.

Mader invited commissioners to a July town hall co‑hosted with the Association of Community Mental Health Centers of Kansas to discuss statewide and local mental‑health developments and said Horizons’ two mental‑health first‑aid trainers were recognized for providing the most training to first responders in Kansas.

On local expansion, Mader said Horizons will lease the back portion of the Wylie Building downtown and convert it into a hub for adult community services, adding offices and client space. "We are going to be leasing the Wylie Building downtown, doing a little bit of construction, and that is gonna be a hub for our adult community services," she said, and said Horizons expects to open the space within a few months.

Ending: Commissioners thanked Mader for the report; no county action was requested.