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April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. For the past 11 years, PACES has worked closely with Sunflower House, a non-profit children’s advocacy and abuse prevention center serving Johnson and Wyandotte counties. When a child experiences abuse and comes to Sunflower House for support, a team of PACES therapists is ready to work with the child and their family to help them work through their trauma and mitigate the lasting mental health impacts.

Due to the forecast for Thursday, December 22nd, Wyandot BHN will delay opening outpatient and administrative offices until noon. Morning appointments for psychiatry, therapy, case management, etc. will be moved to telehealth. RSI and all 24/7 services will remain open. Crisis services for children and adults will also be available.

If you need to reschedule an appointment, please call (913) 328-4600. If you need immediate help, call our 24/7 Crisis Line: 913-788-4200.  

Children who come to Robert’s Place Emergency Shelter are experiencing some of the most difficult moments in their young lives. That anxiety, trauma and fear can make it difficult for a child to open up to another new adult. But the staff at Robert’s Place makes it their goal to provide a safe space for healing. 

“I often say to my team ‘we have 72 hours to plant a seed of positivity,’” says Chanda Wright, Robert’s Place Manager.

As children head back to school for the spring semester, the U.S. Surgeon General is warning of a national youth mental health crisis. U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued an advisory last month urging all of us to take action to address the mental health needs of young people.

Language and cultural barriers can sometimes serve as a deterrent to seeking out mental health services. A new project at PACES, called Paso a Paso (Step by Step), is working to reduce those barriers for the Hispanic and Latinx communities in Wyandotte County one step at a time.