One of the many tasks of the state agency, Social and Rehabilitation Services, is to "support persons with mental illness in their recovery and in living safe, healthy, successful, self-determined lives in their home and community. Services are provided at a community-based level and include medication management, out-patient therapy, case management, mental health rehabilitation, personal support, and crisis services." SRS partners with Community Mental Health Centers to provide a safety net of service to ensure that all of Kansas is covered.
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According to the Association for Community Mental Health Centers of Kansas, the independent, locally owned centers are dedicated to fostering a quality, free standing system of services and programs for the benefit of citizens needing mental health care and treatment. The primary goal of CMHCs is to provide quality care, treatment and rehabilitation to individuals with mental health problems in the least restrictive environment. The Centers provide services to all those needing it, regardless of economic level, age or type of illness. In
Kansas Community mental health center directory:
http://www.acmhck.org/BusinessDirectoryII.aspx
Find your local community mental health center by map:
http://www.srs.ks.gov/services/Pages/MapCMHC.aspx
SRS provides support for peer-to-peer assistance programs called Consumer-Run Organizations in which adults support each other in the community:
http://www.srs.ks.gov/agency/mh/Pages/Services/GrantsandContracts/CROs.aspx
Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities (PRTF) in Kansas:
http://www.srs.ks.gov/agency/mh/Pages/Policies/Licensing/PRTFs/PRTFClassII.aspx
Alternatives to PRTF’s from Kansas Health Solutions:
https://www.kansashealthsolutions.org/members/download.php?id=145&filename=PRTF%20Waiver%2001.11.10.pdf
Nursing facilities and residential care facilities are other pieces of the mental health conglomerate of SRS-supported organizations:
http://www.srs.ks.gov/agency/mh/Pages/Services/NFsMH.aspx
Manual for Parents of children with Severe Emotional Disturbance (SED) and the SED Waiver:
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&sqi=2&ved=0CBwQFjAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kmap-state-ks.us%2FDocuments%2FContent%2FProvider%2520Manuals%2FPD%2520SED%25201-04.pdf&ei=ggcWTtFvh9zRAcrnpV8&usg=AFQjCNEg9RC_pxtzcMF1OFH3EzJa2SFD5Q
Family Guide to Systems of Care for Children with Mental Health Needs (From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services):
https://www.kansashealthsolutions.org/members/download.php?id=44&filename=family%20guide.pdf
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