COMCARE Campaign Brings Hope to Everyday Wichita
Meeting people where they are at is a major part of prevention efforts, and a recent campaign from COMCARE brought hopeful messaging focused around 988 to the Wichita area.
About COMCARE
A Certified Community Behavioral Health Center and Licensed Community Mental Health Center, COMCARE of Sedgwick County helps people with mental health and substance misuse to improve the quality of their lives. They provide a wide array of mental health and substance misuse services, and is the largest Community Mental Health Center is the state of Kansas. The COMCARE team remains committed to helping individuals served lead more productive lives.
Hard Days Happen
With funding provided by Kansas Department of Disability and Aging, COMCARE was recently able to expand the visibility of 988 throughout Wichita, by creating banners, bus wraps and signage, coasters for local restaurants and cafes, and digital media. Typically COMCARE fields 350-400 calls for 988 per month, but during the campaign calls jumped to 560. Digital media pieces were also viewed over 15,000 times across social media platforms.
Why It Matters
Bringing messages of hope and information about local and national resources is critical to ensure Kansans know that help is available, and how to access it. Campaigns like this reach people during their everyday lives - during a commute, out shopping, or while at work. Messages like this remind us that we are not alone, and that someone who can help you is just a call, click, or text message away.
