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Facility History
The Kansas City Regional Office is one of the newest of 11 statewide Regional Offices run by the Department of Mental Health. Opening in August 1971, it moved to the current location in July of 1989.
The Regional Office is the community-based services delivery agency administered by the Department of Mental Health, Division of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities. Our primary mission is to provide, within the limits of available resources, a comprehensive array of services for persons with developmental disabilities living in Bates, Cass, Clay, Lafayette, Jackson, Johnson, Platte and Ray counties in Missouri.
We serve as the primary access point to the system and provide assessment services, service coordination, individual habilitation planning, purchase of prescribed services (POS), and client advocacy.
Jerry G. Carpenter is the current Regional Office Director.