Starkey, Inc.

Summertime! 🌞

You'll find us:

🐧 Getting acquainted with friends at the Sedgwick County Zoo
🎣 "Fishing" at the Museum of World Treasures
🎟 Spinning the Wheel of Fortune at All Star Sports
🏍 Checking out the Twisted Oz motorcycle shop
🍓 Picking strawberries at Meadowlark Farm

Thank you, Commissioner Baty!

Always enjoy visiting with Colin McKenney and Dotty Harpool from a truly wonderful organization. Starkey, Inc.

For the last 3.5 years, I’ve worked alongside my friends at Starkey to address a growing need for services related to individuals that have a dual diagnosis — a mental health condition AND an intellectual disability. There is a lack of resources, specialized training, and coordinated care for those needing this level of services, but we have made REAL progress in the last few years and there is a host of improvements being implemented now.

Special thanks to my friends Senate Majority Leader Chase Blasi and Senator Stephen Owens for their shared commitment for solutions!

Next stop — we have a desperate need for crisis Intervention beds to serve this population. I pushed hard to carve off FOUR beds out of the 104 for this purpose at the new mental health hospital, and even had the Governor’s interest, but failed to get it accomplished due to LICENSING constraints. 🙄

So, back to the drawing board, but it’s something I’m determined to help deliver before my time is done!

Learn more ⬇️
https://starkey.org
https://iod.unh.edu/national-center-start-services/start-model

Individuals who are part of our Semi Independent Living Program have been taking in all the FOOD and FUN that Wichita Riverfest has to offer this week! 🍧🎡