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Editor’s note: Kansas privatized its foster care system in 1997, after a lawsuit revealed widespread problems. Twenty years later, the number of Kansas…
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Costs to secure four state-run hospitals under Kansas’ concealed carry law could run close to $12 million annually, with an additional $1 million needed…
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A Kansas House committee overseeing budgets for social services offered appreciation to programs serving the elderly and people with disabilities or…
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Federal officials are evaluating a state plan to fix problems in Medicaid with disability support services for Kansans.State officials submitted the plan…
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A last-minute grant from the State of Kansas is helping a suicide prevention call center in Lawrence stay open.Headquarters Counseling Center serves 104…
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The state is seeking a private partner to operate Osawatomie State Hospital under a proposal that would allow the contractor to shift more than half the…
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The heads of Kansas’ 26 community mental health centers are preparing to push an ambitious set of proposals to address what they say are growing gaps in…
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Kansas officials are hoping that a pilot program will help relieve pressure on the Osawatomie State Hospital. As Heartland Health Monitor’s Jim McLean…
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Sedgwick County’s community mental health program Comcare is working to bring services for substance abuse patients into its Community Crisis Center in…
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Kansas Governor Sam Brownback wants Tim Keck to continue running the agency that oversees the state’s aging and disability services. As Heartland Health…