Amanda Cunningham, a presenter from Crosswinds, updated the Coffey County Board of Commissioners on the nonprofit’s client counts and service changes for Coffey County. She said Crosswinds served 369 county residents from January through September 2025, compared with 383 for all of 2024, and that the agency expects that annual total to be exceeded this year.

Cunningham said Crosswinds merged with a local substance‑use treatment provider, Corner House, and that substance‑use disorder (SUD) treatment cases identified as primarily SUD rose from six in 2024 to 13 so far this year. “A lot of times somebody with mental health will also have some of that substance use,” Cunningham said, describing co‑occurring diagnoses and the agency’s efforts to provide standalone SUD care when appropriate.

She told commissioners the agency’s medication clinic served 128 Coffey County residents and recorded nearly 1,700 prescriptions in the January–September reporting period. Cunningham said Crosswinds has expanded where its providers see patients so county residents do not always have to travel to Emporia or other locations for medication management.

The presenter described Crosswinds’ payer mix as heavily weighted toward underinsured and uninsured patients and said the agency operates as a safety‑net mental‑health provider. She told the board that the organization writes off a portion of care for clients who lose coverage (for example, jailed individuals who lose insurance), and that grant and county funds are used to cover those write‑offs.

Cunningham said Crosswinds purchased a building in Neosho to expand local services and expects to begin interior finishing work before winter to allow group programs and additional SUD support to operate there. She also described school‑based work, noting that Crosswinds participates in state grant programs that fund a behavioral liaison and that therapists and case managers provide services in local schools.

Board members thanked the organization and noted the county’s existing partnership with Crosswinds for behavioral‑health liaison funding.

Ending: Commissioners did not take formal action on the presentation; the update was entered for the record and will inform future budget and community‑service discussions.