Path

The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) received a $496,507 formula grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Services under the Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) program (CFDA 93.150) on August 1, 2025, with performance extending through July 31, 2027. The PATH program provides comprehensive services to individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) and co-occurring substance use disorders who are experiencing homelessness or at imminent risk of homelessness. Services funded under this award include outreach, screening, diagnostic treatment, psychiatric rehabilitation, community mental health services, substance abuse treatment, case management, residential supportive services, and housing assistance designed to stabilize vulnerable populations and facilitate transition from homelessness across Kansas.

KDADS distributed sub-awards totaling the grant allocation to four primary PATH providers: Central Kansas Mental Health Center (Salina), The Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center Inc. (Douglas County), Wyandot Center for Community Behavioral Healthcare, Inc. (Wyandotte County), and Valeo Behavioral Health Care, Inc./Astra Mental Health and Recovery, Inc. (Shawnee County). Each sub-grantee, awarded on September 16, 2025, delivers a full spectrum of mental health and substance abuse services at the community level, including 24/7 mobile crisis response, assertive community treatment, outpatient therapy, care coordination, peer support services, and housing assistance targeting low-income and underserved populations across their respective Kansas service areas.