The Center for Counseling & Consultation and the Pawnee County Health Department received a $110,000 "Improving Health in Rural Counties" grant from the Centene Foundation for Quality Healthcare.
Here are four points:
1. The Centene Foundation focuses on improving healthcare quality for underserved communities.
2. The Center and Pawnee County received the grant for their coordination of County Health Department and Court Services/Community Corrections Programs of Central Kansas.
3. The two organizations are raising awareness of treatment for mental illness and substance use disorder.
4. The goal involves expanding access to behavioral health services in rural areas.
"Centene believes we have a responsibility to remove barriers and make it easier to get well, receive access to services and strengthen our communities," said Kathy Bradley-Wells, president, Centene Foundation for Quality Healthcare.
