TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas is trying a new software program that’s led to better health for Missouri residents with mental illnesses.

The Association of Community Mental Health Centers of Kansas received a $40,000 grant to begin using the software program with Medicaid-eligible patients who receive mental health care. Eight community mental health centers are participating in the pilot.

The Missouri Coalition for Community Behavioral Healthcare says most people with mental illnesses don’t die by suicide, but from conditions like diabetes or heart disease. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the group has worked with Care Management Technologies for almost three years now, using their software for a systemwide view of how well health care workers are serving clients and determining which patients need help managing chronic conditions.