SCDDO
Staff Contacts

SCDDO Director – Chad VonAhnen
Email: cvonahne@sedgwick.gov
Phone: 316-660-7630
Please contact me on any of the following issues:

• SCDDO Budget
• SCDDO Annual Plan
• Legislative Issues
• Media Inquiries
• Contracts & Agreements

Assistant Director – John Sullivan
Email: j1sulliv@sedgwick.gov
Phone: 316-660-7635 or 461-2243
Please contact me on any of the following issues:

• SCDDO Strategic Planning
• Local Initiatives
• Local Capacity Building Plan
• Challenging Behavior Project
• National Trend Identification and Implementation

Senior Administrative Officer – Sherry Arbuckle
Email: sarbuckl@sedgwick.gov
Phone: 316-660-7634
Please contact me on any of the following issues:

• Funding questions regarding Family Subsidy, Family Support, Flex Funds, HCBS/MR Waiver, County Mill Levy Finance Plan, State Grant, CIP Start-Up Funds
• Funding Expenditure Approval
• PsychConsult Implementation/Management for SCDDO
• Funding Portability Issues
• Audit Preparation
• HIPAA Inquiries
• Waiting List

Quality Assurance Director – Nicole Hall
Email: nhall@sedgwick.gov
Phone: 316-660-7644
Please contact me on any of the following issues:

• Quality assessment and improvement
• ANE Reviews/Trends
• Complaints
• Contract Monitoring
• Dispute Resolution
• Site Visits

Service Access & Outreach Director – Tricia Thomas
Email: acthomas@sedgwick.gov
Phone: 316-660-7638
Please contact me on any of the following issues:

• Service access and education
• Services for children
• Children at-risk of placement in SRS custody
• Mental health services
• Human Services safety committee

Administrative Specialist – Karie Hughes
Email: khughes@sedgwick.gov
Phone: 316-660-7632
Please contact me on any of the following issues:

• Accounts Payable/Payroll
• Contracts & Agreements
• Records Management
• Web Additions/Revisions
• Building/Facility Issues
• Office Equipment/Supplies
• SCDDO Infection Control

Administrative Officer – Becky Suter
Email: rsuter@sedgwick.gov
Phone: 316-660-7636
Please contact me on any of the following issues:

• BASIS Entry, Queries, and Reports
• Self-Determination Financing
• Waiting List

Administrative Officer – Kathy Eichstaedt
Email: keichsta@sedgwick.gov
Phone: 316-660-7633
Please contact me on any of the following issues:

• Funding questions regarding County Mill Levy Finance Plan, State Grant, Family Subsidy, Family Support, Flex Funds, HCBS/MR Waiver, and CIP Start-Up Funds
• Payment processing for County Mill Levy Finance Plan, State Grant, Family Subsidy, Family Support, Flex Funds, and CIP Start-Up Funds
• All Billing and/or Payment Questions
• Funding Portability Issues
• Funding Committee Minutes and 2nd Contact
• Oversee Prior Authorizations and Plans of Care
• Process all 3160 Forms

Bookkeeper – Judy Aldrich
Email: jaldrich@sedgwick.gov
Phone: 316-660-7641
Please contact me on any of the following issues:

• Prior Authorization Entry and Questions
• Plans of Care
• All Changes to Client Obligation
• Targeted Case Management (TCM) Accounts Payable
• TCM Encounter Data

BASIS Liaison – Serena Brummett
Email: sbrummet@sedgwick.gov
Phone: 316-660-1931
Please contact me on any of the following issues:

• BASIS

Quality Assurance Coordinator – Rachel Ryan
Email: rryan@sedgwick.gov
Phone: 660-7771
Please contact me on any of the following issues:

• Abuse, Neglect, or Exploitation (ANE) Reports
• Critical Incident Reports
• Service Provider Concerns
• Kansas Open Records Act Requests
• Quality Assurance Committee

Case Management Coordinator – Alana DeBarea
Email: adebarea@sedgwick.gov
Phone: 316-660-7660
Please contact me on any of the following issues:

• Questions of Quality – Case Management
• TCM Satisfaction Surveys
• Funding Committee (1st Contact)
• Emergency Funding Requests
• TCM Registration Standards
• Self-Determination
• TCM Database
• Death Reports

Eligibility & Community Support Coordinator – Heather Borsdorf
Email: hborsdor@sedgwick.gov
Phone: 316-660-7637
Please contact me on any of the following issues:

• Positive behavior support/consultations
• Parsons State Hospital Dual Diagnosis Outreach Team Consults (1st contact)
• Gatekeeper for MR/DD state hospitals
• Eligibility determinations
• PASRR screenings

Education Coordinator – Peter Daniels
Email: pdaniels@sedgwick.gov
Phone: 316-660-7639
Please contact me on any of the following issues:

• Community education/presentations
• Children in SRS custody/funding for children in SRS custody
• Transition planning/special education issues
• New Frontiers Transition Council
• Community Council

Single Point of Entry Coordinator – Brandi Loudermilk
Email: blouderm@sedgwick.gov
Phone: 316-660-7642
Please contact me on any of the following issues:

• Single point of entry/TCM referrals
• BASIS assessments
• Service terminations

Intake&Referral Coordinator – Crissy Magee
Email: cmagee@sedgwick.gov
Phone: 316-660-7640
Please contact me on anyof the following issues:

• Application for MR/DD services/initial intakes
• Initial BASIS assessments

Client Outreach Specialist – AbbyBloxham
Email: abloxham@sedgwick.gov
Phone: 316-660-1932
Please contact me on any of thefollowing issues:

• Service provider changes/TCM provider changes
• Funding/services for individuals who do not choose TCM
• Customer satisfaction surveys

BASIS Assessor – Christine Ingram
Email:cingram@sedgwick.gov
Phone:316-660-7628
Please contact me on any of the following issues:

• Annual BASIS assessments for participating providers
• BASIS assessments

Office Specialist – Cheryl Ekeler
Email:cekeler@sedgwick.gov
Phone:316-660-7646
Please contact me on any of the following issues:

• Building Contact/Receptionist
• Conference Room Scheduling
• SCDDO document imaging
  

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