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Local mental-health center gets KDADS license, plans social detox beds and mobile crisis expansion
Summary
A regional community mental-health provider announced it received KDADS licensing to add 1–2 social detox beds, is expanding mobile crisis coverage into Riley and Park counties, and reported more than 1,000 people trained under a SAMHSA-funded initiative.
A representative from the regional community mental-health center told Geary County officials that the center has received a license from KDADS to operate a social detox unit and plans to add 1–2 beds initially to serve individuals transitioning from medical detox to community-based care.
The presenter, identified in the transcript only as Unidentified Presenter (S6), said the facility will offer therapy and case management and may bridge prescriptions for people discharged from hospitals who lack immediate access to outpatient providers. “We have received, license from KDADS for CSU to operate social detox,” S6 said, noting the service is voluntary, short-term (about three to seven days), and not an involuntary inpatient program.
S6 also outlined an expansion of mobile crisis services to Riley and Park counties, describing teams that can respond within a two-hour radius and provide in-community interventions at places such as homes or libraries. S6 said referrals for both CSU and detox can come from hospitals, family members, social service agencies, community corrections and insurers.
Officials asked for local response counts. Unidentified Speaker (S2) requested numbers for how often mobile crisis teams had responded in the county; S6 agreed to provide those figures by the next meeting or via email.
S6 highlighted federal and programmatic support behind the work: a multi-year Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) grant funds Mental Health First Aid, QPR and de-escalation training. “In the first year…we exceeded a thousand people trained,” S6 said, calling that a significant community success.
The presenter explained recent changes to 988 georouting intended to improve local follow-up: georouting now directs callers to the CCBHC tied to the caller’s area code so a local CCBHC can provide faster aftercare. S6 said Verizon and T-Mobile have implemented the change and that AT&T is pending.
S6 acknowledged staffing pressures for crisis and clinical positions but said the agency has been hiring, offering sign-on bonuses, and paying above-market rates to retain clinicians.
Next steps noted in the meeting: S6 said the social detox unit had not yet started admitting clients and that operational timelines and logistics remain under development; S6 agreed to provide local response counts for mobile crisis activity at the request of county officials.
