Kansas

The Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services site provides information and links to the many services available in the state for those in need. Their Mission: To protect children and promote adult self-sufficiency. Our Vision: Partnering to connect Kansans with supports and services to improve lives.

The Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns (KCDC) is empowered to carry on a continuing program to promote a higher quality of life for people with disabilities- an information and referral office, providing technical assistance on civil rights and legislative issues.

This site provides resources for the deaf and hard of hearing from sign language information to legal rights under the Disabilities Act.

The Kansas Department on Aging (KDOA) uses public and private resources to improve the security, dignity and independence of Kansas seniors, their families, seniors’ caregivers, and all Kansans living in adult care homes.

This official state site contains information and links to Kansas government, business, education, travel, transportation, law, and history.

In Sept. ‘03 the Community Living Exchange Collaborative brought together 6 states for a Midwestern Regional Housing Forum. The presentation provides an overview and goals of the two-day forum. The notes provide an overview of the purpose and identify objectives of the Forum and highlight the specific action steps identified by the six participating state teams.

In this report, the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) traces the budget issues that states confronted in 2002 and examines how they addressed those issues. The report also describes long-term care legislation enacted in 2002 and long-term care planning work that is under way in many states.

The National Council on Disability (NCD) assesses the nation's response to the United States Supreme Court's decision in Olmstead v. L.C., 527 U.S. 581 (1999) that the unjustified institutionalization of people with disabilities is a form of discrimination.

This report presents the findings of a survey of the 50 states and the District of Columbia conducted by the Rutgers Center for State Health Policy/NASHP Community Living Exchange Collaborative to identify states that operate single entry point (SEP) systems and to describe the characteristics of SEPs.

The attached presentation entitled \"Long-Term Care: Workforce Issues for States in a Changing Society\" which was given by Robyn I. Stone, Dr.P.H. during the annual NASHP conference in Philadelphia from August 4-6. The presentation looks at who the long term care workers are and implications for the field.