When Ramona Farris joined the Board of the Tri-County Foundation in 2021, she quickly proved herself to be a “doer”. She got involved in putting together our first “Tee Off Fore Tri-County” event, helping to make it into the well-respected, important and fun event that it still is (click here for more info on this [...]
Hope Squad is a peer-to-peer suicide prevention program serving 3rd-12th grade throughout the entire North Kansas City school district (32 schools!) and three elementary schools in the Smithville school district. Hope Squad members are nominated by their classmates as trustworthy peers and trained by advisors. The program reduces youth suicide through education, training, and peer [...]
Tom Petrizzo, CEO of Tri-County Mental Health Services Fentanyl is here in the Northland, and its effects can be deadly. It has killed children and adults, right here in our community. Fentanyl is a man-made opioid that is up to 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine. It is [...]
Get to know Elizabeth Stanford, our Director of Prevention and Youth Services! How long have you worked at Tri-County? 3 months What do you like to do in your free time? Watch sports, attend sporting events and/or live music! Go Royals!!! I also love to go for trail walks with my basset hounds Harvey and [...]
Last month, we welcomed over 600 mental health professionals and community advocates at the annual Mental Health KC Conference, held in concert with the Metropolitan Council of Community Behavioral Health Centers (“Metro Council”) and Oracle Cerner staff at their Innovations Campus. Thank you to all of the sponsors, speakers and event support staff who made this [...]
Check out some of the notes of appreciation from our Day Program members! Each member wrote what the North Star Day Program means to them. Here are some of our favorite comments: 📝 “The North Star is a great place to be. Every one is so nice and thoughtful, who works here. I learn a [...]
In February, Tom joined host Kelly Scanlon on Country Club Bank's Banking on KC podcast to share what it means to be a safety net mental health services provider, the impact of unmet mental health challenges, and how employers can support mental wellness in the workplace. The episode, titled "Improving Mental Health Outcomes," covers the [...]
Get to know Brittany Semsch, our Senior Manager of School Based Services! How long have you worked at Tri-County? Three and a half years. What do you like to do in your free time? Much of my free time these days is filled chasing my energetic, 16 month old daughter, Mia, around! It’s so fun to [...]
When the Tri-County Foundation restarted after a period of dormancy, Ward Brown volunteered to serve as the chairperson in its first year of renewed activity. A lifelong resident of Clay County and an experienced attorney with one of Liberty’s well-respected law firms, Ward knew of the important work done by Tri-County because his wife, Michelle, [...]
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and we hope you'll join Tri-County, in collaboration with the Metropolitan Community Council of Behavioral Health Centers, at the Mental Health Kansas City Conference May 11-12 at the Oracle Cerner Innovations Campus. The conference focuses on bringing mental health awareness and education to anyone in the Kansas City area [...]
