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THE POWER OF US TO BRING ABOUT CHANGE THAT AFFECTS INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES IN OUR LAKEMARY CENTER COMMUNITY WILL MAKE OR BREAK HOW THEY WILL CONTINUE TO THRIVE LIVING IN THE STATE OF KANSAS.

THE RESPONSIBILITY FALLS TO US.

 

Use your power to take action on some of the most important and pressing issues that adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities are facing TODAY.

 

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Take Action to Slow Down Proposed Changes!

Contact our Johnson County and Miami County Legislators and the House Social Services Budget Committee Today.

If you’re concerned about the many proposed changes that KDADS intends to make to the IDD service system in the near future, take action to SLOW THEM DOWN!

 

Within the near future, Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) intends to make sweeping changes to the IDD service system. All of these initiatives represent major and potentially irreversible change to the network of services that was built by Kansas communities to support our most vulnerable Kansans.

 

Use the tool to the right to send a message to the House Social Services Budget Committee – your voices make a difference!

RESOURCES:

Interhab.org
Advocacy Day
Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS)

State Legislators: State of Kansas

Johnson & Miami Counties

 

Senator Adam Thomas | Olathe, KS

785.296.7358 [email protected]

 

Representative Lauren Bohi | Olathe KS

785.296.7658 [email protected]

 

Senator Doug Shane | Paola, KS

785.296.7368 [email protected]

 

Representative Samantha Poetter Parshall | Paola KS

785.296.7748 [email protected]

Use the email tool below to send a message to our Kansas Legislators and the House Social Services Budget Committee.

Remember to include a personal message or story before you send!

Dear Senator Adam Thomas, Senator Doug Shane, Representative Lauren Bohi, Representative Samantha Poetter Parshall, Representative David Buehler, Representative Allen Reavis, Representative Sean Willcott, Representative Will Carpenter, Representative Barbara Ballard, Representative Mike King, Representative Susan Ruiz, Representative Melissa Oropeza, Representative Angela Stiens,
As a Friend of Lakemary Center I ask that you take action to prevent harm to the Kansas IDD service system from KDADS’ proposed changes.

KDADS intends to change several key components of the IDD service system simultaneously in the near future. Changes to our case management programs, our Community Developmental Disability Organizations, funding for IDD services, and Day Services for persons with IDD are all slated for significant changes.

These proposed changes don’t have the support of individuals with IDD, their families or professionals who serve the IDD population. The changes are too much, too fast.

The House Social Services Budget Committee can intervene to ensure that KDADS’ proposed changes are vetted properly and that meaningful opportunities for input from families and professionals occur.

I greatly appreciate your continued support of Kansans with IDD and the IDD service system.
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