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Harvey County to continue funding peer-mentor services at Waymakers Academy through 2026
Summary
County staff recommended and the county administrator approved continuing payment for Community Crisis Response Team (CCRT) peer-mentor services at Waymakers Academy through 2026 at an estimated annual cost of $87,036, funded by opioid settlement and grant dollars.
Harvey County staff recommended continuing payment for Community Crisis Response Team (CCRT) services at the Waymakers Academy, and County Administrator Kevin Frymire recorded administrative approval on Dec. 18, 2025. The recommended one-year cost for continued services is $87,036.
Lynnette Redington, Director, described Waymakers as a voluntary program launched July 8, 2024, that pairs an eight-week curriculum led by Mirror, Inc.'s licensed therapist with peer mentor groups facilitated by Kansas Certified Peer Mentors from CCRT inside the Harvey County Detention Center. Redington said the partners assist participants with housing, employment and other reentry needs and sometimes contact family members to support reintegration.
Staff told the board the program has been funded during its first year with the county's opioid settlement funds (referred to in Kansas as Municipalities Fight Addiction Funds) and an All Hands on DECK (Drug Endangered Children of Kansas) grant; currently CCRT is the only entity supported by the county's opioid settlement allocation. The staff recommendation is to continue funding CCRT through 2026 to preserve program consistency and the continuity of peer mentoring and warm hand-offs to community service providers.
The financial impact section lists the cost for 50 weeks of service at $87,036, covering two peer mentors and one supervisor/peer mentor. The materials note CCRT will continue to seek other funding sources to support its work with Waymakers.
The item was presented as a staff recommendation; the record includes an administrative approval notation by County Administrator Kevin Frymire dated Dec. 18, 2025. The packet does not include a recorded vote, motion text, or details on which commission meeting (if any) formally ratified the payment; those details are not specified in the record.
