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Central Kansas Mental Health Center receives $4M grant
Central Kansas Mental Health Center Central Kansas Mental Health Center (CKMHC) has been awarded a four-year, $4 million grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). CKMHC will receive $1 million/year over four years to continue the implementation of the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) model of care. Funding will support …
Kansas mental health facilities strained by workforce shortages
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) -As the demand for mental health resources grew during the COVID-19 pandemic, providers are facing stressful situations as they try to meet the needs of a rising number of patients while dealing with workforce shortages. Last week, Robyn Chadwick, President of Ascension Via Christi St. Joseph detailed to Kansas lawmakers what the …
U.S. Department of Transportation Awards $6.67 Million to Rural Freight Technology Project in Kansas
Wednesday, August 10, 2022 FHWA 27D-22Contact: [email protected].: (202) 366-0660 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today awarded a $6.67 million Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Deployment (ATCMTD) grant to the Kansas Department of Transportation’s Great Plains Rural Freight Technology Corridor Project. The grant will help the project use advanced …
Rural Community Perspectives on Transportation and Health (Spring 2022) – Kansas Health Institute
Rural Community Perspectives on Transportation and Health (Spring 2022) By Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Healthworks, Kansas Hospital Association, Kansas Health Institute | June 30, 2022 Print READ IT HERE: Kansans in rural communities often must travel great distances to meet healthcare, social and occupational needs. Transportation challenges in these communities may contribute to …
Provider addresses challenges with accessing mental health services
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – Circumstances surrounding the arrest of a Hutchinson man accused of threatening mass violence against employees where he worked sheds light on some issues surrounding mental healthcare and access to help. Family of 24-year-old Andrew Patterson turned him in, leading to an arrest they said was in large part a result of …
Health experts explain role of Narcan, push to get it into schools across Kansas
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – Naloxone, more commonly referred to as “Narcan,” is a medication that reverses the effects of an opioid in your system. Dr. Gregory Lakin, with the Center for Change, said it’s simple to use and can be a determining factor between life and death. He said shooting the medication into a nostril …
Kansas City doctor remembered for her groundbreaking public health practices and generosity | KCUR 89.3
Norge Winifred Jerome, PhD, wasn’t often in the news. She wasn’t a public figure known by Kansas City’s power elite. But over a 40-year career at the University of Kansas Medical Center, she led the department of Preventive Medicine to do groundbreaking public-health work in a sub-specialty she created: nutritional anthropology. From Kansas City, Kansas, …
TriRx Enters Agreement for the Acquisition of Elanco Animal Health Facilities in Shawnee, Kansas and Speke, United Kingdom
NORWALK, Conn., June 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — TriRx Pharmaceutical Services Inc., a leading international CDMO, today announced an agreement to acquire two facilities from Elanco Animal Health Incorporated (NYSE: ELAN). Elanco is a global animal health leader dedicated to innovating and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. The sites …
4Star Politics: Breaking down the Kansas City police funding battle | FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — This week on 4Star Politics, FOX4’s John Holt and The Kansas City Star’s Dave Helling are joined by political strategists Annie Presley and Jason Grill and kick off their discussion focusing on Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas’ police funding battle. Last month Mayor Lucas and a majority of the city council …
Breaking down the lawsuit over Kansas City police funding
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners will turn to the courts to take back control of a portion of the Kansas City Police Department budget. In a 4-1 vote, with Mayor Quinton Lucas as the only “no,” the police board decided to take legal steps to try to stop the city …