The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Service will support statewide CMHCs and CCBHCs to develop and expand behavioral health crises services by providing 24/7/365 days out of the year, life-saving mobile response to all individuals in need.

According to SAMHSA’s National Guidelines for Behavioral Health Crisis Care, Best Practice Toolkit, the mobile crisis response team should be available to reach any person in the service area in their home, workplace, school, or any other community-based location of the individual in crisis in a timely manner, 24/7/365. For safety and optimal engagement, two person teams are encouraged to be put in place to support emergency department and justice system diversion.

The mobile crisis response (MCR) team is comprised of trained professionals to provide a solution-focused and recovery-oriented assessment and stabilization of the behavioral health crisis at hand. While aiming to always provide the least restrictive intervention that can safely meet the needs of those in crisis, they will seek to diffuse the situation; safety plan with the individual and then work to connect them to the most appropriate resources in the community. The mobile crisis response team will engage police only in high-risk situations. The MCR team aims to refer individuals in crisis to behavioral health support and treatment organizations in their community to reduce the likelihood that individuals experiencing behavior health crises will end up in the emergency department or incarcerated.

KDADS intends to support the CMHCs and CCBHCs in creating and expanding Mobile Crisis Response teams that meet the needs of their individual communities, to reduce the utilization of

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Grants Awarded

This list shows active grants that have been awarded to Sedgwick County, organized by department, along with key details like the funding agency, purpose, award amount, and performance period.