History

1950s

November 19, 1956 - Riley County Mental Health Center was created

1957 - KS Legislature authorized counties to levy a tax to support Community Mental Health Centers

1960s

1963 – Geary County joined.  The two counties formed the Geary/Riley Guidance Center

1965 – Clay & Marshall Counties Joined. The center was renamed North Central KS Guidance Center (NCKGC)

1967 – Cloud County Commissioner fund Sunflower Guidance Center (SGC)

1968 – Pottawatomie County joined NCKGC service area

1970s

1972-74 - Jewell, Republic, Mitchell, and Washington Counties join the Sunflower service area

1976 – SGC changed its name to Sunflower Mental Health Center (Sunflower)

1977 – NCKGC & Sunflower affiliate to form Pawnee Comprehensive Mental Health Center

1980s

1982 – Board of Directors changed name to Pawnee Mental Health Services

1988 – Pawnee in-patient Psychiatric Unit at Saint Mary Hospital (now Mercy Health Center) in Manhattan opened

1990s

1997 – Topeka State Hospital closed.  Pawnee shifted to Osawatomie State Hospital catchment area, with mandate to reduce state hospitalization, emphasis on community-based treatment.

2000s

2001 – Pawnee and Mercy Health Center ended their 13-year partnership to operate a psychiatric unit at the hospital.

2005 – Pawnee converted from a paper-based electronic medical record to an electronic medical record.

2006 – 50 years of service!

2010s

2014 – Community-based Services is renamed “Youth Rehabilitation Services.”  Community Support Services is renamed “Adult Rehabilitation Services.”

November 2019 – Crisis Services offices and Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU) opens at 1558 Hayes Dr. in Manhattan

2020s

2021 – 65 years of service!