News Releases and Media Advisories

• Governor Laura Kelly Proclaims September as Suicide Prevention Month

  Sep 10, 2021
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• Kansas Launches Online Dashboard to Track Vaccination Data Among Healthcare Personnel in Long-Term Care Facilities

  Aug 27, 2021
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• Governor Laura Kelly Announces Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services Receives $2.7 Million to Fund New KS HEART Program

  Aug 25, 2021
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• Kansas Trainings Teach Emotional Coping Strategies Following Disasters

  Aug 24, 2021
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• KDADS Reaches Agreement with Disability Rights Center of Kansas to Expand Services in Nursing Facilities for Mental Health

  Aug 10, 2021
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• KDADS Awards Kansas Prevention Collaborative-Community Initiative Grants to 12 Coalitions

  Jul 01, 2021
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• KDADS and SHIP Partner to Host Virtual Medicare Fair to Help Older Kansans with Enrollment; ‘Welcome to Medicare Fair’ will inform about Medicare – and all its parts - to assist older adults in enrollment

  Jun 01, 2021
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• KDADS Announces Grant Opportunity for Communities to Address Substance Use

  May 20, 2021
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• Governor Laura Kelly Proclaims Older Americans Month

  May 10, 2021
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• Governor Kelly Signs Transformative Bill to Strengthen Mental Health System in Kansas

  May 03, 2021
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• Governor Laura Kelly Announces KDADS Awarded $4 Million Grant to Strengthen Outpatient Treatment Services for Kansans with Serious Mental Illness

  Mar 26, 2021
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• Governor Laura Kelly Announces Expanded Visitation Rules for Nursing Homes During COVID-19; KDADS working quickly to ensure Kansas facilities follow expanded CMS guidelines

  Mar 16, 2021
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• KDADS and Family Service & Guidance Center Team Up to Provide Crisis Treatment for Families

  Mar 11, 2021
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• Governor Laura Kelly Announces KDADS Offering Youth Behavior Education Training to Communities

  Feb 18, 2021
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• Kansas COVID-19 Response Initiative Receives Additional $2.8 Million in Extended SAMHSA Emergency COVID-19 Funding

  Feb 09, 2021
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• Governor Kelly Announces KDADS Receives 988 State Planning Grant For National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

  Jan 28, 2021
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• Governor Kelly Announces Kansas to Open ‘Stepping Up’ Center to Reduce Number of People with Mental Illness in Jails

  Jan 26, 2021
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• Medicare Open Enrollment Is Underway; Free Counseling Available from KDADS’ SHICK Program

  Oct 19, 2020
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• Four Kansas Adult Care Homes Receive Level 3 PEAK 2.0 Award for 2019

  Oct 16, 2020
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• KDADS Launches Online Portal for Adult Care Homes to Order Personal Protective Equipment

  Oct 14, 2020
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