(KNZA)--The Doniphan County Commission has agreed to provide funding for participation in a crisis stabilization center.

KANZA Mental Health CEO David Jasper and Keith Rickard, executive director of The Guidance Center, meet with the Commission at their July 12 meeting to to request an annual contribution of $14,139 to provide Doniphan County with access to services at the center.

The center is to be located at the former Cushing Hospital Building in Leavenworth and operated by The Guidance Center, of Leavenworth.

Services would include sobering beds, observation beds and crisis stablization beds.

The care and treatment facility would be a partnership between private industry, state and county government and Medicare. Leavenworth County has contributed $150,000 in seed money towards the project.

Following discussion, the Commission voted unanimously to enter into a one-year agreement with KANZA Mental Health for access to beds at the facility for the $14,139 annual contribution.