By KARI BLURTON
Hays Post

High Plains Mental Health Center has served northwest Kansas for 50 years and their services continue to expand, as Hill City and WaKeeney have now been added to their list of office locations.

“We have always tried to have the philosophy that people do not need to travel more than and an hour to receive services,” said Ken Loos, HPMH manager of community prevention, education and outreach.

Loos said these two newest facilities are satellite offices that will offer services once a week.

He said the additional offices were the result of  a “real cooperative effort” with the county commissions of these counties.

He added partnerships with counties is of “value to all our communities.”

“People who don’t have transportation or reliable transportation or people who have their jobs or family communities and can’t make it to Hays, they can make to one of our satellite facilities,” Loos said. “So it’s very important.”

Loos said the addition of the offices in WaKeeney and Hill City will bring the total number of HPMH satellite offices to eight. The other offices are located in Russell, Smith Center, Quinter, Hoxie, Atwood and Oberlin.

HPMH’s main office is located in Hays, and there are five branch offices in Goodland, Phillipsburg, Osborne, Colby and Norton.

Call HPMH at (785) 628-2871 or visit their website for more details.