News Releases and Media Advisories

• Governor Laura Kelly Announces Five-Year, $9 Million Grant to Improve Student Behavioral Health in Southeast Kansas

  Sep 20, 2022
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• Governor Laura Kelly Announces $3.2 Million in Grants Available to Aid Rural First Responders Combatting Opioid Abuse

  Aug 24, 2022
  Governor Laura Kelly today announced $3.2 million in grants that will be used to assist rural first responders combatting opioid abuse. The grants will fund training regarding carrying and administering approved medication for emergency reversal of opioid overdose.
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• Governor Laura Kelly Celebrates the Launch of the 9-8-8 Mental Health Lifeline in Kansas

  Jul 15, 2022
  Beginning Saturday, July 16, Kansans and all Americans can call 9-8-8 during mental health and substance abuse emergencies.
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• Medicare Fraud Prevention Week Educates Beneficiaries about How to Prevent Fraud

  Jun 15, 2022
  Fraud costs the federal Medicare program an estimated $60 billion per year. It also costs Medicare beneficiaries time, stress, medical identities, and potentially their health and costs families, friends and caregivers worry and lost work when helping loved ones recover after falling victim to Medicare fraud.
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• KDADS Partners with k4ad to Celebrate Older Americans Month

  May 09, 2022
  The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Serves (KDADS), in collaboration with the Kansas Association of Area Agencies on Aging & Disabilities (k4ad), recognizes May as Older Americans Month as part of the national campaign led by the Administration for Community Living. The 2022 campaign theme is “Age My Way” (#OlderAmericansMonth).
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• Governor Laura Kelly Announces $51 Million in Bonus Payments to Direct Support Workers

  Apr 06, 2022
  Governor Laura Kelly today announced $51 million would be distributed to Medicaid home and community-based services (HCBS) providers beginning in June of this year. The bonuses will benefit approximately 24,000 direct support workers in the state. Each care worker could receive up to a $2,000 bonus.
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• KDADS and Valeo Behavioral Health Care Partner to Bring Nursing Facilities for Mental Health Pilot Program to Shawnee County

  Mar 09, 2022
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• KDADS Appoints Kathy Stiffler Kansas Neurological Institute Superintendent

  Mar 07, 2022
  KDADS Appoints Kathy Stiffler Kansas Neurological Institute Superintendent
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• KDADS Promotes Awareness During Problem Gambling Awareness Month

  Mar 01, 2022
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• Tax Time Reminder for Meals on Wheels Contributions

  Feb 10, 2022
  Topeka – The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) is encouraging Kansas taxpayers to remember older adults in the state when they file their income tax returns by contributing to the Senior Citizens’ Meals on Wheels program.
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• Governor Laura Kelly Announces KDADS Plan to Lift Moratorium on Voluntary Admissions at Osawatomie State Hospital

  Dec 16, 2021
  Governor Laura Kelly Announces KDADS Plan to Lift Moratorium on Voluntary Admissions at Osawatomie State Hospital
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• Governor Laura Kelly Announces Partnership to Bring Youth Psychiatric Hospital to Hays

  Dec 13, 2021
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• KDADS Announces Retirement of Kansas Neurological Institute Superintendent Brent Widick; Former Superintendent Barney Hubert Named Interim

  Dec 07, 2021
  KNI Superintendent to Retire
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• KanCare Ombudsman Office Survey & Listening Sessions

  Nov 15, 2021
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• Medicare Open Enrollment Is Underway; Free Counseling Available from KDADS SHICK Program

  Oct 15, 2021
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• Fourth Annual Kansas Prevention Conference Scheduled for Next Week: "Strong for the Next Generation"

  Oct 13, 2021
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• KDADS Awarded Strategic Prevention Framework for Prescription Drugs Grant from SAMHSA

  Oct 12, 2021
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• Governor Laura Kelly Proclaims September as Suicide Prevention Month

  Sep 27, 2021
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• Kansas Launches Online Dashboard to Track Vaccination Data Among Healthcare Personnel in Long-Term Care Facilities

  Sep 27, 2021
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• KDADS Announces Leigh Keck to Join Agency as Director of Government Affairs

  Sep 27, 2021
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