Emergency Services

Emergency Services at Johnson County Mental Health Center include the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline and JCMHC's local crisis line, Co-Responder Program, Mobile Crisis Response Team, Mobile Crisis Outreach Team and Access to Care (walk-in services).

If you or someone you know needs support for a mental health or substance use crisis, help is available 24/7 by calling the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline or JCMHC's crisis line (913-268-0156).

Johnson County Mental Health Center has a team of mental health professionals dedicated to answering local calls to the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline and all calls to the JCMHC crisis line (913-268-0156).

Housed at Johnson County's Emergency Communications Center alongside 911 dispatchers, the 988 and crisis line team provides over-the-phone support for mental health and substance use concerns, as well as consultation and guidance to law enforcement, hospitals and other community agencies to ensure appropriate response to emergency behavioral health needs.

988 and the crisis line are free, confidential and available 24/7 to anyone in Johnson County. You can call at any time for any reason.

Johnson County Mental Health Center's Co-Responder Program embeds a mental health clinician from JCMHC within most police departments in Johnson County. The goal of the program is to provide the right intervention at the right time during law enforcement calls involving behavioral health concerns, which helps prevent unnecessary arrests, decrease trips to the emergency room and reduce repeat calls for service for law enforcement.

Co-responders respond on scene with law enforcement officers on calls with behavioral health identified as a possible contributing factor. They also conduct follow-up calls and in-person outreach to individuals who have had police contact because of a behavioral health crisis, helping them get the support and resources they need to avoid future police contact.

Coverage and contact information for Johnson County's co-responders are available on the Co-Responder Coverage Map.

Johnson County Mental Health Center's Mobile Crisis Response Team is available 24/7 to provide community-based support to individuals experiencing behavioral health crises. MCRT's clinicians and case managers provide brief, intensive services to reduce the need for 911 calls and hospital visits, while helping connect individuals to further behavioral health care and additional resources to meet their other medical and basic needs.

With the consent of someone supporting a person in crisis, MCRT may be dispatched when a call to the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline or JCMHC's crisis line needs additional support to help de-escalate a crisis. The team provides their services at no charge, offering in-person support to anyone in Johnson County, whether in their home or out in the community.

Response Time: When dispatched and available, the team can respond to crises in the community in one hour.

Johnson County Mental Health Center's Mobile Crisis Outreach Team provides community-based behavioral health services Monday through Friday during business hours. The team includes clinicians, case managers and a liaison for the state psychiatric hospital in Osawatomie, providing outreach that reduces the need for hospitalization and connects individuals to treatment and other resources.

While the Mobile Crisis Response Team responds quickly to urgent crisis needs, MCOT is often a resource for individuals who need support, but are unable or uncomfortable seeking in-person services through JCMHC or other providers.

MCOT also facilitates crisis intervention screenings, mobile intake assessments and state mental health screenings.

Response Time: When an individual is referred to MCOT, the team attempts to reach out by phone in one business day.

Johnson County Mental Health Center's same-day, walk-in services, which we call Access to Care, are a starting point for anyone in Johnson County needing mental health support. You will meet with a member of our staff, a mental health professional, who will listen to you and ask questions to better understand the support you need. They will help you determine the best next steps for care, whether that is a referral to community providers and resources or additional services through Johnson County Mental Health Center. There is no cost for visiting Access to Care.

Access to Care services are available Monday through Friday starting at 8 a.m. and ending at 3 p.m. at two JCMHC locations:

Find more information about Access to Care.