Kanza Mental Health & Guidance Center

Goal: $15,000.00

Specific Need

Hello Sabetha Community!

I hope this message finds you in good health and high spirits.

If you did not know, Kanza Mental Health & Guidance Center, Inc. provides many community-based services in Sabetha, even without an office location. These services include home and school supports for individuals, children, and families through our case management and peer support teams, and for the last two years, we have provided in-school therapy services in the Sabetha schools. This October, we launched an exciting new service called Mobile Crisis Response in which we hired a whole new team of providers who are dedicated to assist those in urgent need and will come to anyone, anywhere they choose (home, school, hospital, community), to help in a behavioral health crisis. This team is staffed 24/7 and is available to anyone in Sabetha (and across all four of our counties).

We are eager to better serve the Sabetha residents and community, and have an urgent need to purchase an additional company vehicle so that we can continue to expand and deliver vital community behavioral health services. Transportation barriers are real for many in our community, and to help overcome this barrier, Kanza employs a large vehicle fleet to equip our community providers for reaching those most vulnerable in our community so that they have access to quality behavioral health care. The purchase of another vehicle is key to reaching individuals who may not have the means to come to our center but are in desperate need of our support.

The Kanza Mental Health Foundation is seeking your support to help make this vision a reality. With your financial contribution, your support will go directly to funding the purchase of a new vehicle which will make a significant impact on Kanza's ability to reach more community members.

Thank you for your support!

Sincerely,

Jackie Feathers

Chief Executive Officer

Mission

Kanza's service mission is to provide hope for a healthier tomorrow! We do this through reaching and empowering individuals and families in learning helpful coping strategies for overcoming life's challenges.

Profile

Kanza Mental Health & Guidance Center, Inc. (Kanza) is a private non-profit 501(c)(3) Community Mental Health Center (CMHC) in rural northeast Kansas, established in 1963. It is the legally designated mental health authority serving Brown, Doniphan, Jackson, and Nemaha Counties. It serves as a safety-net provider and resource for over 42,000 residents and is the primary behavioral healthcare provider in the region, serving over 1,200 individuals of all ages and regardless of ability to pay.

Kanza provides quality, caring, and research-based services that address diverse behavioral health needs of children, families, and adults. Kanza offers education, consultation and outreach services promoting community health and wellness, addressing health disparities, and early identification of behavioral health concerns warranting professional help. The Kanza care team includes highly trained professionals dedicated to providing person- and family-centered planning that includes prevention, community inclusion and support.

Kanza provides:

• Same Day Access for new client intakes;
• individual and family counseling/therapy services;
• school-based support and services;
• psychiatric medication evaluation and prescribing services;
• community-based case management and supports;
• peer support services and groups;
• supported housing assistance;
• supported employment assistance;
• 24/7 crisis services and response, including Mobile Crisis Response;
• forensics and serving those justice-involved;
• Mental Health First Aid and QPR training to community organizations