Local behavioral health provider asks Riley County to nearly double its annual appropriation

May 14, 2026

A regional community behavioral health clinic presented service and financial data and asked Riley County to raise its annual mental-health appropriation from $350,000 to $653,738, citing uncompensated care, service volumes and constrained state hospital capacity.

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A certified community behavioral health clinic presenting at the Riley County Commission’s May 14 meeting outlined its 10-county service footprint, recent expansions in mobile crisis response and growing uncompensated-care costs, and requested the county increase its annual appropriation.

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