Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center

Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center (doing business as Southeast Kansas Mental Health) is a U.S. local government entity based in Humboldt, Kansas that receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient and sub-recipient to deliver integrated behavioral health, substance use disorder treatment, and mental health services in rural Southeast Kansas. The organization does not hold federal contracts; its federal footprint consists entirely of grant awards from health and human services agencies.

Southeast Kansas Mental Health operates as a prime grant recipient (59% of recent awards) and sub-recipient under state pass-throughs (41%), with all work performed in its six-county service area covering Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Linn, Neosho, and Woodson Counties across more than 3,400 square miles. The organization's customer base concentrates within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which accounts for the majority of the twelve awards cited across the portfolio. The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service provides supplementary funding for telehealth infrastructure. The top-five funders by count — HHS Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), USDA Rural Utilities Service, CDC, and HRSA — cover 71% of recent awards.

As a prime recipient, Southeast Kansas Mental Health has secured $1.875 million from SAMHSA under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.243, awarded September 30, 2025, with performance through September 29, 2028) to expand integrated care capacity and implement targeted treatment for individuals with substance use disorder and co-occurring disorders using evidence-based practices including Motivational Interviewing, Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. The organization also received a $856,660 Distance Learning and Telemedicine grant (CFDA 10.855) from USDA Rural Utilities Service (February 6, 2025, completing February 6, 2027) to deploy audio, video, and information technologies extending mental health and substance use disorder treatment to underserved rural populations. A second federal grant from the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy's Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (awarded September 1, 2025, completing August 31, 2028) funds a youth-centered behavioral health support and career pathway network across rural Southeast Kansas, targeting 2,515 middle and high school students. In its sub-recipient role, Southeast Kansas Mental Health receives pass-through funding from the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services under the Mental Health Block Grant (MHBG) and Promoting Integrated Practices in Behavioral Health Care (PIPBHC) programs, and from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment for loan repayment support and evidence-based home visiting services in Neosho County.

Activity has accelerated substantially, growing from one award in 2023 to six in 2025, with three awards in 2026 year-to-date. Four awards face completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure. The organization's founding date of 1961 positions it as the primary behavioral healthcare provider in the region serving a population of 63,332 individuals in federally designated health professional shortage areas and medically underserved areas.