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Sedgwick County’s new human services director emphasizes homelessness, behavioral health and support for older residents
Summary
Anna Meyerhoff, the recently appointed Division Director of Human Services, told Commissioner Jeff Bluebaugh the division will focus on homelessness, behavioral and mental health supports, and programs to help older residents stay housed; she described the division’s structure and funding mix.
Anna Meyerhoff, who said she has been Sedgwick County’s Division Director of Human Services for about four to five weeks, told Commissioner Jeff Bluebaugh that her immediate priorities include addressing homelessness, expanding behavioral health services and supporting aging residents to remain in their homes.
Meyerhoff described Human Services as encompassing three main units: Comcare, the county’s behavioral health organization; the Health Department; and the Department of Aging and Disabilities, which includes the county’s Area Agency on Aging (referred to in the interview as CP AAA) and the CDDO (the county’s Developmental Disability Organization). “A lot of what happens here at the county is not just property tax dollars,” she…
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