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Liberal’s Southwest Guidance Center (SWGC) officially received its status as a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) last week, and Michelle Ponce and Kyle Kessler from the Association of Community Mental Health Centers of Kansas (ACMHCK) were on hand to educate people in the community about what all a CCBHC does and how it came to be.
Summer vacation is under way in communities across the area, and with children out of school for a couple months, parents are looking for fun things for their kids to do.
In the town of Plains, they need look no further than the library for some fun, as the summer reading program will soon be taking place at Plains Community Library.
After multiple years of work, Liberal’s Southwest Guidance Center (SWGC) has officially been named a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC).
CCBHCs are designed to ensure access to coordinated comprehensive behavioral health care. CCBHCs are required to serve anyone who requests care for mental health or substance use, regardless of their ability to pay, place of residence, or age. This includes developmentally appropriate care for children and youth.
The Stepping Stone Shelter has been undergoing some major changes in recent times, and last Tuesday, the Liberal City Commission got to hear about some of that.
“As the commission is aware, the City has been involved with providing non-profit funding to the Stepping Stone Shelter through the 1-cent Sales Tax for many years,” Liberal City Manager Scarlette Diseker said. “In 2023, the shelter faced closing its doors if financial corrections could not be made. At this time, the City stepped in to pledge $50,000 in emergency funding through the year’s end. Only $36,163.92 of these funds were utilized, and as the shelter has started to move in the right direction, they would like to request the remaining amount to assist in a transitional period from now until approved funding for building improvements and other expenses will arrive in July. Since all of that, I’ve joined the Stepping Stone Shelter Board and have formed many partnerships and learned a lot about how the shelter runs, and there have been many positive steps taken, and we want to make sure everyone is aware of how far we’ve come.”
Terry Tanking has filed for one of three seats on the USD 480 Board of Education.
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