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More than 50 people gathered Friday in North Lawrence to give feedback on a proposed five-year plan for housing and homelessness issues, and they said it would

Douglas County leaders on Wednesday accepted a grant from the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services that will account for more than $6.2 million o

Douglas County Interfaith Mental Health Outreach will host a panel discussion next week about the county’s resources to address crises related to mental healt

Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center and Douglas County have confirmed that the county’s behavioral health crisis center is ready to begin a phased openin

Story updated at 8:49 p.m. Wednesday, April 5: By this time next week, the long wait for the doors to Douglas County’s behavioral health crisis cent

The Douglas County Commission on Wednesday will consider providing additional funding that would enable the county’s mobile response team to increase its crisis response services to 18 hours a day, and 24/7 coverage by May.

Nearly four months after a ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrated its anticipated launch, the Treatment and Recovery Center has received a provisional license. The date the center will open its doors to patients, however, remains uncertain.

Beginning Saturday, Kansans considering suicide or experiencing a mental health crisis will be only 3 digits away from speaking directly to trained counselors available 24/7 and year-round.

Local activists opposed to jail expansion plans in Benton and Washington counties spent Thursday and Friday hearing from Douglas County, Kan., officials about how they handled problems with jail crowding after voters there rejected a jail expansion measure in 2018.

Local activists opposed to jail expansion plans in Benton and Washington counties spent Thursday and Friday hearing from Douglas County, Kan., officials about how they handled problems with jail crowding after voters there rejected a jail expansion measure in 2018.