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Subcommittees and Task Forces of the Governor's Behavioral Health Services Planning Council

Much of the work of the Kansas Council is done by citizen volunteers that are members of subcommittees established to report and make recommendations to the Council. The work of these subcommittees has been vital to recommendations of multiple legislative commissions, including the Mental Health Modernization and Reform Committee.

Subcommittee Annual Reports

Special Task Forces

Through the Council, these Subcommittee recommendations are reported to the Secretary of KDADS. The Council may also form special task forces to make recommendations.

Previous special task forces established under recommendation of the Secretary of KDADS included:

If you are interested in participating in one of the subcommittees, please contact Diana.Marsh@ks.gov and she will forward your information to the subcommittee chair.

Currently, the Council receives updates and recommendations from the following subcommittees:

Subcommittee Chair Email Liaison Meeting Schedule
Children's Subcommittee Sandra Berg sandra.berg@caresource.com Gary Henault;
Linda Buchheister		 2nd Friday of every 2nd month 10-2
Employment Subcommittee


On Hiatus
Evidence-Based Practices Subcommittee Lori Libel;
Rachel Erpelding		 llibel@valeotopeka.org
rachel.erpelding@wyandotbhn.org		 Shaun Dierker (interim) 3rd Tuesday of each month 8:30-10
Housing & Homelessness Subcommittee Matthew Faulk mfaulk@bertnash.org Shaun Dierker (interim)
 3rd Tuesday of each month 8:30-10
Justice Involved Youth & Adults Subcommittee Sherrie Vaughn;
Brandi Lane		 svaughn@namikansas.org
brandi.lane@jocogov.org		 Charles Bartlett 1st Tuesday of each month 1-3
Kansas Citizens' Committee on Alcohol and Other Drugs ibertee Thompson
 libertee.thompson@renocountyks.gov Paul Hunt 2nd Wednesday of each month 9-10:30 (Virtual-only even months; hybrid odd months)
Peer Subcommittee John Agnew;
Nick Casarona		 john@sackansas.org
ncasarona@mirrorinc.org
3rd Tuesday of each month, 12-1:30 (Teams)
Problem Gambling Brian Rixon;
Stephenie Roberts		 brixon@swgccmhc.org
sroberts@cyle.info		 Ronna Corliss 1st Monday of each month 12-1
Prevention Subcommittee Callie Dyer;
Aonya Barnett		 calliedyer@Centura.org
aonya.barnett@safestreetswichita.org		 Stephanie Rhinehart 2nd Thursday of each month 9-10:30 (Zoom)
Rural & Frontier Subcommittee Audra Goldsmith; Ian Brown agoldsmith@csg.org
ibrown@fourcounty.com		 Charles Bartlett 4th Thursday every other month 9-12
Service Members, Veterans, and Family Members Subcommittee Kathy Shepard;
Janelle Stang		 kshepard@fourcounty.com
janell.stang@wichita.edu		 Laura Brake 2nd Monday of each month 10-12
Tobacco Subcommittee Daniel Craig dacraig@srhc.com Vacant 1st Thursday of each month 2-3