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Guidance Center asks Atchison County to restore $60,000; outlines mobile crisis and co-responder options
Summary
The Guidance Center requested that Atchison County restore about $60,000 in historical funding to support local behavioral-health services, highlighted mobile crisis response and a co-responder model that staff say diverts 80% of crises from hospitals and jails, and described medication-assisted treatment and other expanded services.
The Guidance Center told the Atchison County Commission on April 21 that it is seeking restoration of county funding it historically received — a request the presenter described as roughly $60,000 — to support behavioral-health services in the county.
Stevie Durkin, chief executive officer of The Guidance Center, said the organization has expanded services available to Atchison County residents and is asking commissioners to consider restoring prior support so The Guidance Center can sustain local programs. “At a minimum what I would be requesting is restoration of that $60,000,” Durkin said.
Medical and program leaders described services…
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