Kansas’ First Center for Pediatric Neurodevelopment
Heartspring is building a first‑of‑its‑kind, multi‑clinic center in Wichita’s Healthcare Corridor — expanding access to integrated care, advancing clinical training, and strengthening Kansas’ neurodevelopmental workforce.
Kansas’ First Center for Pediatric Neurodevelopment
Heartspring is building a first‑of‑its‑kind, multi‑clinic center in Wichita’s Healthcare Corridor — expanding access to integrated care, advancing clinical training, and strengthening Kansas’ neurodevelopmental workforce.
This expansion represents Heartspring’s next step toward becoming a nationally recognized center of excellence in pediatric neurodevelopment.
This vision was recently shared with the community at the Heartspring Gala, where partners, donors, and civic leaders came together in support of this next phase.
Key Expansion Highlights
- Triples outpatient capacity
- 60–70 new jobs
- Strengthens Kansas’ economy
- A single, coordinated entry point for care
- Target occupancy: 2030
Children with neurodevelopmental needs face increasing barriers to timely, integrated care.
- Demand for pediatric neurodevelopment services continues to outpace available capacity.
- Families navigate fragmented systems to access multiple therapies and clinical providers.
- Waitlists delay diagnoses and early intervention — increasing long‑term family and public costs.
- Kansas’ rising prevalence of developmental disabilities requires a stronger, more connected system of care.
Economic & Workforce Impact
This growth is directly tied to expanding access to coordinated, interdisciplinary care, allowing Heartspring to serve more children, sooner, through a more connected system.
- Current economic contribution: $26–36M annually
- Post‑expansion impact: $44–54M annually
- 60–70 new high‑skill positions across clinical care, education, and research
- Increased ability to attract and retain top pediatric talent in Kansas
Partnerships
These partnerships deepen connectivity across healthcare and academic systems — building a stronger statewide talent pipeline in response to rising pediatric needs.
- KU School of Medicine–Wichita
- Wichita State University
Heartspring is building a comprehensive, interconnected center where clinical care, interdisciplinary therapy, education, research, and workforce development operate as one integrated system.
Demand for pediatric neurodevelopment services continues to outpace available resources across Kansas, leaving families waiting months, and often years, for care.
Heartspring’s Center for Neurodevelopment will become a statewide hub designed to reduce care fragmentation.
- Tripled outpatient capacity to meet the rising demand for care
- One entry point for children to receive integrated clinical care and diagnostic services.
- State-of-the-art therapy spaces, applied research labs, clinical training environments, and family support areas.
- Interdisciplinary clinical teams working together in a unified environment.
- Academic partners training the next generation of clinicians.
- Applied research to advance real‑world practice and improve clinical outcomes.
This new center will work in tandem with Heartspring’s current East Wichita campus to form a complete, seamless system of care.
This is not just a facility. It sets a new standard of care for children and families.
Downtown Campus — Opening 2030
A new, purpose-built center dedicated to:
- Outpatient evaluations
- Diagnostic services
- Speech, occupational, physical, behavioral, and interdisciplinary therapies
- Applied research
- Academic training environments
- Workforce development programs
East Wichita Campus — Strengthened Through Expansion
- Home of Heartspring’s Therapeutic Residential & Day School
- Integrates therapy directly into educational and residential environments
- Will continue offering select outpatient services
- Benefits from research discoveries and best practices developed downtown
Expansion Timeline
2024
Downtown Properties Acquired
2025–2026
Design, Planning, and Announcement
2026
Public Release of Renderings & Expansion Vision
2027–2028
Renovation & Early Construction Phases
2029
Interior Build-Out & Program Integration Planning
2030
Target Occupancy of the New Downtown Center
Recent Coverage Highlighting Heartspring’s Expansion and Vision