ECHO Consortium II

by Dave Lindeman
(9/06) The Early Childhood Higher-education Options (ECHO) Consortium is composed of early childhood faculty from colleges and universities across Kansas who are committed to collaboratively support and enhance the development and delivery of teacher training programs to meet the standards for the Kansas early childhood unified license. (Read the full story)

Moving Mountains Award

(7/06) The Moving Mountains Award was presented to Governor Kathleen Sebelius by Kansans Mobilizing for Direct Support Workforce Change on June 26, 2006. (Read the full story.)

Southeast Kansas Multi-systemic Therapeutic Foster Care Project

by Katie Hine
(5/06) The SEK Therapeutic Foster Care Project provides support and training for families and youth receiving therapeutic foster care. The project goal is to use a family-based setting to successfully support youth whose antisocial behavior puts them at serious risk for multiple foster care placements, referral to in-patient treatment and Juvenile Justice. (Read the full story.)

Evaluating the Ohio Quality Assurance Systems Change Initiative

by Christopher L. Smith
(3/06) The objective of this evaluation project is to evaluate whether or not the Ohio CMS Systems Change Project has met its stated objectives. (Read the full story.)

Alzheimer’s Association, Heart of America Chapter, Southeast Kansas Regional Office

by John von Wedell
(1/06) The Southeast Kansas Regional Office of the Alzheimer’s Association, Heart of America Chapter, has been located in the KUCDD Building in Parsons for 3 years and serves persons who have a family member with Alzheimer’s Disease or a dementia type illness. (Read the full story.)