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Horizons Mental Health Center reports service growth, purchases two downtown buildings and seeks county support for tax exemption
Summary
Horizons CEO Vicky Mader told commissioners the center delivered over 40,000 services to more than 3,000 people in Q1 FY25, runs an 84%‑occupied crisis stabilization unit, added a jail reintegration staffer, and closed on two downtown properties for expanded services; she requested a letter of support for a tax exemption application.
Vicky Mader, CEO of Horizons Mental Health Center, updated Reno County commissioners on program growth, jail partnerships and facility expansion.
Mader said Horizons provided "over 40,000 services to over 3,000 individuals" in the first quarter of fiscal year 2025, including more than 1,000 crisis interventions and 46 mobile crisis responses. She described the assertive community treatment team that helps people with severe, persistent mental illness avoid hospitalization and incarceration and said the crisis stabilization unit is operating at about 84% capacity.
At the jail, Horizons staff provided 86 psychiatric medication‑management visits and additional case management, and the organization recently added a third staff position to support reintegration work between the jail and community services.
Mader said Horizons purchased two buildings at 421 and 423 West First Street to increase downtown presence and provide more substance‑use services, therapy and a staffing hub. She asked the commission for a letter of support to pursue a tax‑exemption for those properties, citing local need and the organization's intent to increase service access.
Commissioners thanked Horizons for expanding services and customer outreach. Mader also said Medicaid reimbursement rates will be adjusted in January based on submitted cost reports; she estimated a small decline in the rate but said the exact figure is pending the state cost report review. The commission did not take immediate action but agreed to consider a letter of support for Horizons' tax exemption application as requested.
The commission received the report and had no further questions.
