WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A mental health provider in central Kansas is shifting gears after a proposed veterans housing project failed to secure enough funding.
The Center for Counseling and Consultation’s original project in Ellinwood included an eight-bed unit to provide housing and short-term treatment for veterans in mental crisis.
After reviewing, the center found that it could not build and maintain the facility without dedicated long-term funding.
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“We’re not ending the mission that inspired this project — we’re reshaping it,” Executive Director Wendy Lockwood said in a statement. “Our focus remains on local, compassionate, and effective crisis and veteran care that reflects both the needs and values of the communities we serve.”
For now, the center’s expanded mobile crisis team will provide onsite help across Barton, Pawnee, Rice and Stafford counties until midnight.
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