{"id":88279,"date":"2025-08-15T11:42:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T16:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=88279"},"modified":"2025-08-15T11:42:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T16:42:34","slug":"city-commission-approves-grant-funding-for-high-plains-mental-health-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=88279","title":{"rendered":"City Commission approves grant funding for High Plains Mental Health Center"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By ALICIA FEYERHERM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tiger Media Network<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The City Commission approved $45,481 in grant funding for High Plains Mental Health Center (HPMHC) during Thursday\u2019s City Commission meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HPMHC will use these funds to purchase seven sobering\/detoxification chairs and seven large-volume infusion pumps for the new crisis intervention center. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The center is set to open toward the end of this year and would be the closest center of its kind for 28 western Kansas counties. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis funding would go a long way to have the specialist chairs that provide that medical sobering and detox,\u201d HPMHC CEO Craig Poe said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These grant funds originate from the National Opioids Settlement and are distributed by the State to municipalities. Hays Chief of Police Don Scheibler said the funds are not dispersed on a regular schedule and come from several different companies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt comes in chunks, too and there\u2019s no rhyme or reason to it,\u201d City Manager Toby Dougherty said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year $56,893 of Opioid Settlement funds were included in the budget. The Attorney General\u2019s Office estimates Hays will receive approximately $230,000 over the next 14 years and Dougherty said the funds should begin arriving on a more regular basis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is not taxpayer dollars,\u201d Scheibler said. \u201cThis is the result of a legal settlement and this is exactly what these funds are intended for.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Commissioners recognized the importance of HPMHC and the crisis intervention center. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHays is becoming the spot for our neighbors in northwest Kansas to receive services,\u201d Mayor Sandy Jacobs said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The grant funding request was approved 5-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Commission also approved a resolution establishing a benefit district, as well as approved an engineering services agreement for the Covenant Estates first addition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The benefit district would impose a special assessment for lots on that property that property owners would pay for up to 20 years. Of the estimated  $2.9 million in construction costs, 70% would be paid by the property owners, with the other 30% paid by the developer. Other housing developments in Hays have used this model. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next City Commission meeting will be at 4:00 p.m. on August 28 at City Hall. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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