The day after Douglas County’s top administrator addressed the source of tensions between the county and the nonprofit formed to oversee the yet-to-open, multimillion-dollar Treatment and Recovery Center of Douglas County, the center’s leader did not dispute any of the county’s claims — including that the nonprofit had yet to produce a budget and had failed to meet deadlines.
The nonprofit, Behavioral ...
For the fourth time this year, LMH Health’s blood supplier has announced a shortage of blood donations.
The Community Blood Center of Greater Kansas City, which provides more than 90% of the blood used by more than 60 area hospitals including LMH Health, announced a blood emergency in a press release Wednesday afternoon. Just two months ago, the Community Blood Center made a similar announcement.
As of ...
This Friday, kids from across Lawrence will be busting out their best moves to the soundtracks of more than a dozen movies, including “Footloose” and “School of Rock.”
More than 200 of the kids could be competing in Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence’s "Lights On!" dance competition. The event is set for 7 p.m. Friday at Liberty Memorial Central Middle School and will feature performers from all 14 ...
As questions mount about the yet-to-open Treatment and Recovery Center of Douglas County, the county's top administrator said Wednesday that the nonprofit hired to manage the center missed a contractual obligation to open it this summer and has yet to submit a budget to county staff.
Tensions between the county and Behavioral Health Partners, the nonprofit formed by LMH Health and Bert Nash Community Mental ...
County leaders will decide this week whether to help fund a staffing and service hour expansion for Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center’s mobile crisis response team.
Bert Nash is requesting $70,000 from the county to help support the team, which began operating in September from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week. The Douglas County Commission will hear a presentation about the funding request ...
If an out-of-state company replaces local providers as the operator of Douglas County’s yet-to-open behavioral health care center, the facility’s director said it could add at least four months to the timeline for getting it open.
That’s because Connections Health Solutions, the Arizona-based behavioral health crisis center the county has been engaged in discussions with to take over operating the ...
