The city of Wichita and Sedgwick County are expanding their integrated care team. The group works with law enforcement in responding to mental health crises. The goal of growing the program is to reduce the number of arrests and de-escalate situations. The addition of three new integrated care teams is a result of the success seen with the first team, ICT-1. The expansion lets the city and county assess where they should place funding for mental healthcare in the future. ICT-1 was formed as a way to bring people support in mental health crisis situations without taking them to jail or a mental health ward.
Source: KSN-TV
