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Mental Health Field Staff
Overview
Field staff work with Community Mental Health Centers (CMHC) and other mental health providers. They provide technical assistance and other information, and facilitate complaint resolution with CMHCs, group homes, and private free-standing psychiatric hospitals. 

There are five areas across Kansas with one or more office contacts for the field staff. The name of the mental health center, name of the field staff person, phone number and counties included in that area are listed below.

Field Staff Team Leader - Nancy Rapp (785) 296-3325 

Web Site - Go to Community Mental Health Services
Mental Health Field Staff information is also available as a map.

Areas
Area One: West Region, Cindy Bowen (620) 672-5955, ext 203. Counties include Barber, Barton, Cheyenne, Clark, Comanche, Decatur, Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Gove, Graham, Grant, Gray, Greeley, Hamilton, Haskell, Hodgeman, Kearny, Kiowa, Lane, Logan, Meade, Morton, Ness, Norton, Osborne, Pawnee, Phillips, Pratt, Rawlins, Rooks, Rush, Russell, Scott, Seward, Sherman, Sheridan, Smith, Stafford, Stanton, Stevens, Thomas, Trego, Wallace, and Wichita.

Area Two: Northeast Region, Ron Pavelka (913) 826-7373. Counties include Atchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Doniphan, Douglas, Ellsworth, Geary, Jewell, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Leavenworth, Lincoln, Marshall,Miami, Nemaha, Mitchell, Osage, Ottawa, Pottawatomie, Republic, Riley, Saline, Shawnee, Wabaunsee, Washington and Wyandotte.
 
Area Three: Southeast Region, Patrick Nickelson (620) 365-2164, ext 237. Counties include Anderson, Allen, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Linn, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson, and Woodson.

Area Four: South-Central region, Gina Brewer (316) 337-7107. Counties include Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Coffey, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Lyon, Marion, McPherson, Morris, Reno, Rice, and Sumner.

Area Five: Wichita region, Marilyn Whipple (316) 337-6570. Counties include Sedgwick.

To accommodate people with disabilities, auxiliary aides and services will be provided on request, and reasonable modifications to policies and programs will be made on request as a reasonable accommodation.
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