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State Agencies

Advocacy

Families Together, Inc. - Families Together is a statewide non-profit organization serving families in Kansas with a son or daughter with a disability. The program's mission is to offer families the security of belonging to a group of caring individuals with similar goals, challenges, and needs. Parents are informed as to the availability of resources and services throughout the state and receive maximum use of such services. Families Together provides a variety of activities for parents and family members of children/youth with disabilities to encourage change toward positive expectations.

Kansas Advocacy and Protective Services - Kansas Advocacy And Protective Services, or KAPS, is one of many federally funded protection and advocacy organizations, located throughout the United States which were established to protect the rights of individuals with disabilities. Kansas Advocacy & Protective Services, Inc. (KAPS) is a private, nonprofit corporation, independent of state government and providers of disability services; KAPS works with individuals with disabilities to protect and advance their human, legal, and service rights.

Child Welfare (Adoption and Foster Care)

Kansas Children's Service League - KCSL’s mission is to protect and promote the well-being of children by strengthening the quality of their family life through the provision of prevention, early intervention, treatment, advocacy and placement services.

Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services - Official Site

Education

Kansas Department of Education - Official Site

Health

Kansas Department of Health & Environment - Official Site

Insurance

Kansas Insurance Department - Insurance

Mental Health

Association of Community Mental Health Centers of Kansas, Inc. - To foster healthy Kansas communities through a statewide system of community based mental health services committed to placing client needs first; offering recovery and hope to the most disabled; and assuring easily accessible services of the highest quality to every Kansas resident.

Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services - Mental Health Care Policy

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI Kansas) - NAMI Kansas is a state affiliate of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill. They provide support, advocacy and education dedicated to improving the lives of families and individuals affected by brain disorders that manifest as mental illness. They are committed to collaborating with our colleagues in the mental health system to ensure the development and implementation of appropriate public policy and equitable distribution of public funds. They suppport and encourage medical research relating to brain disorders and they participate in community research programs.

Philanthropic Organization

Kansas Health Foundation - Philanthropic Organization that provides grants to organizations working to improve the quality of health in Kansas.

State Government

Governor Kathleen Sebelius - State Government

Kansas Legislative Services - Kansas Legislature

Kansas Attorney General - Oficial Site

Kansas Department of Transportation - Official Site

State Agency Links updated 01/25/04