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Comcare outlines Second Light renovation, asks county to cover 37.25% of $1.1M to expand mental‑health services
Summary
Comcare told commissioners Second Light will provide mental‑health wraparound services and seeks Sedgwick County to fund 37.25% (about $409,000) of a $1.1 million renovation to create de‑escalation, telehealth and respite space; staff said the money would come from CCBHC fee revenue, not general property tax dollars, and Comcare will return when private partner commitments are secured.
Chantelle Westbrook, with Comcare, told the commission on Jan. 6 that Second Light’s operations are expanding and that county support is requested to finish first-floor renovations enabling mental‑health services on site. "The facility houses a 170 for shelter, and then during the winter months, an additional 125 for overnight shelter," Westbrook said, and she described two positions funded through a Mental Health Association partnership — a clinical therapist and a case manager — that will begin Jan. 19.
Scope and funding: Staff described a proposed $1.1 million renovation of the First Floor at…
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