As part of their larger efforts to improve mental health care in Douglas County, county leaders have approved funding to support additional personnel for mental health crisis response. As part of its meeting Wednesday, the Douglas County Commission voted unanimously to approve a community ...
County leaders will soon consider moving forward with funding to support additional personnel for mental health crisis response, increases that will eventually help staff the county’s new mental health center. As part of its meeting Wednesday, the Douglas County Commission will consider ...
The Douglas County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council is seeking input about the community’s mobile response for those experiencing mental illness and addictions. Members of the Douglas County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council’s Mobile Access Team are seeking information from the ...
Douglas County still has work to do in its efforts to reduce the number of people in its jail with serious mental illness, county leaders heard Wednesday. As part of its meeting Wednesday, the Douglas County Commission received a report detailing the number of jail bookings and other data for ...
The Lawrence-Douglas County Sustainability Office is looking for farmers to participate in a program that will harvest or collect a farm’s unsellable produce and donate it to people in need. The sustainability office has partnered with Kansas City, Mo.-based After the Harvest, a produce ...
Lawrence will be awarded more than $1.6 million in funding from the latest federal pandemic relief package to increase affordable housing and other supports to address homelessness. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development recently announced that as part of the American Rescue Plan ...