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New service described as ‘a sinking ship before it set sail’

While the state's brain waiver program doesn’t have a waitlist, health care experts are worried inaction will lead to a waitlist soon.

U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall was in Lawrence Friday, and he spent his visit learning more about Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center. Bert Nash CEO Patrick Sch

Financial Know-How and Second Chances

The funding will go to the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. 

The governor's office on Thursday announced the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services will receive over $5.4 million to improve the local capacity of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.

Occupational therapists who are looking after children with a disability warned today they have to cope with unsafe caseloads and are struggling to keep their “heads above water.”

There will be fun for everyone as seniors festivals spring into action across Australia.

Up to 5,000 workers employed across 18 community and voluntary agencies around the country are set to take part in the planned strike tomorrow.

People with intellectual or developmental disabilities who want to receive assistance wait years for state help.