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Comcare outlines crisis center move, warns staffing gaps and modest savings from vacated space
Summary
Comcare leaders told the Sedgwick County Commission a new crisis center scheduled for March 2027 should centralize services but staffing gaps for integrated care specialists and crisis staff remain and the move will yield modest short-term savings.
Chantelle Westbrook, executive director of Comcare, told the Sedgwick County Commission that Comcare is preparing to consolidate crisis services into a new crisis center targeted for March 2027 and that the change will centralize programs now spread across multiple sites.
"We have a really stable leadership team," Westbrook said, citing the agency’s longstanding crisis services and community partnerships, especially with the local Substance Abuse Assessment Center. She also flagged workforce…
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