News Releases and Media Advisories

• 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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• Governor Laura Kelly Applauds New CMS Guidance on Nursing Home Visits

  Sep 29, 2020
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• Kansas Prevention Collaborative Launches #IChooseToday Campaign for Suicide Prevention Awareness Month

  Aug 31, 2020
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• State Agencies Collaborate to Create COVID-19 Essential Worker Health Care Fund

  Aug 28, 2020
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• KDADS’ Behavioral Health Services Commission Launches ‘Kansas COVID-19 Response’ Initiative

  Aug 05, 2020
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• KDADS Awards FY21 Kansas Prevention Collaborative-Community Initiative Grants

  Jul 30, 2020
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• KDADS Completes Statewide Nursing Facility Surveys Ahead of Federal Deadline; Positioned for additional federal CARES Act funding*

  Jul 17, 2020
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• KDADS Awards $2 Million to Contractors to Continue Work of Kansas Prevention Collaborative

  Jul 08, 2020
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• KDADS’ Kansans Together Program Launches Mental Health Campaign

  Jul 06, 2020
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