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YMCA Thanks the State for Assistance in Safe Visit Program
For the last ten years, with the help of state and federal agencies, the YMCA and eleven other agencies across Kansas has been able to provide children with supervised visits and monitored exchanges.The YMCA hosted a luncheon to thank the State of Kansas for their role. Video and More.....
Kansas Children's Service League is offering Love and Logic classes in 2007!
Trainings will be held at KCSL in the downstairs conference room. 200 SW 30th, Topeka, KS. Cost is $50.00 a couple or $30.00 per person (There is a sliding scale for those who qualify.)
No other organization knows children and families better than the Kansas Children's Service League. Founded in 1893, we are a statewide, not-for-profit agency that helps keep kids safe and healthy, and families strong and together. Through our many community-based programs and advocacy efforts we continue giving kids our best. Each year we touch the lives of some 40,000 Kansas children and their families.
For more information or answers to your questions, please email us at tlong@kcsl.org or contact Chez McClellan, LSCSW, (785) 274-3100 ext. 1415.
Topeka YMCA
Summer Day Camp. It's never too soon to think about summer care for your kids - Memorial Day is just around the corner. Look for the Summer Day Camp brochure coming your way in late February. Enrollment for camp starts on March 5.
Community Easter Egg Hunt! Join the Easter Bunny at the Kuehne Branch YMCA for some sweets, games and all around great family fun. Kuehne Branch YMCA, 1936 North Tyler, Saturday, April 7 - 11:00am, Rain or Shine. Call (785) 233-9815.
United Way 211 is the nation's first 3-digit telephone dedicated to community life.
Need to know where you can sign up for swimming lessons? Call 211.
Need help with an addiction problem? Call 211.
Do you need adult day care for someone or shelter for a battered friend? Call 211.
It's a wonderful new service sponsored in Topeka by the United Way of Greater Topeka. People have an amazing number of needs which can be met by some organization or another. The trick is connecting the person in need with the service provider.
Nancy Perry, president of the Topeka United Way, said that by dialing 211, Kansans will be connected to a trained staff member, based in a call center in Wichita, who can direct the caller to organizations in the caller's area that can address the specific need.
"They walk you through it," Perry said. "They find out what you truly need. Is it rent/utilities? Is it food? You don't get that kind of service from a phone book." Topeka Capital-Journal
Battered Women Task Force Services
Since 1977, the YWCA Battered Women Task Force (BWTF) has worked to make sure that help is available for survivors of domestic or sexual violence. As advocates, we are not here to judge, only to help. We discuss all options available to victims of violence. All services for victims are available free of charge. The YWCA BWTF offers a variety of services for victims of violence and the community.
Low-Cost or No-Cost Health Care Coverage
Children's Mercy Hospital and Clinics, Children's Mercy Family Health Partners is a non-profit organization and the only provider-owned Medicaid managed care organization in Kansas or Missouri. We provide low-cost or no-cost health care coverage through contracts with the State of Missouri MC+ program and the State of Kansas HealthWave program.
With over a decade of Medicaid managed care experience, we are the largest provider of managed care services in the State of Kansas and in the Kansas City, Missouri region. We're pleased to say, more people choose Family Health Partners than any other health plan in the regions we serve.
Our Customer Service department is live and local. If you would like to find out more about Family Health Partners, call us, Monday - Thursday 7am to 6pm and Friday 7am to 5pm. Kansas residents call 1-877-347-9363. Missouri residents call 1-800-347-9363.
Do you need a lawyer? Call the Kansas Lawyer Referral Service at 1- (800) 928-3111 Kansas Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service
Kansas Legal Services: (800) 723-6953 (including the Legal Aid Society)
Kansas Legal Services Lawyer Advice Line: 1-800-928-3111
Kansas Elder Law Hotline (888) 353-5337
Safe Visit Provides support services for families in Topeka-Shawnee County, Kansas, going through divorce, separation or similar situations. When parents are frustrated, angry or unable to communicate with each other, such conflict affects the children. Safe Visit provides a safe, comfortable atmosphere for children to have contact with each parent. The Site location offers families a variety of opportunities as well as flexible program hours.
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