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- December 21, 1998 - Grants create a statewide network of vocational assessment and supported education services for those working with SRS’s Rehabilitation Services Commission
December 3, 1998 - Working families begin turning to HealthWave to find health insurance for their children; coverage to begin January 1, 1999
November 24, 1998- Chronister, Schalansky to lead SRS Open Meeting Tuesday in Hutchinson
November 20, 1998 - Secretary Chronister announces appointment of superintendent at KNI
November 19, 1998 - SRS Secretary Chronister names new Topeka Area Office Director
November 16, 1998 - SRS's Web site receives record number of visits; new Intranet for employee use set to begin
October 26, 1998 - SRS Secretary announces Markowitz departure
October 20, 1998 - Public hearing in Chanute to focus on needs of children and families
October 20, 1998 - Agreement reached on sale of the Kansas Vocational Rehabilitation Center to Tony's Pizza Service, the largest employer in Salina
October 15, 1998 - The Kansas Association of Broadcasters: Lending a voice to help find permanency for children in need
October 15, 1998 - Governor Graves, Secretary Chronister, to be honored by Kansas Head Start Association
October 1, 1998 - Firms chosen to provide health insurance for children under the HealthWave program; toll free number for parents to gain information about the program now operational at 1-800-792-4884
August 26, 1998 - SRS Open Meeting set for Wednesday, September 2, in Hays
August 6, 1998 - Two SRS commissions partner to fund dual diagnosis pilot program through Prairie View Inc. in central and western Kansas
August 5, 1998 - First report released by independent external reviewer of Kansas child welfare programs
July 9, 1998 - Number of children in state custody finding adoptive families continues to increase under privatized adoption program
July 8, 1998 - SRS Secretary Chronister sets up $500,000 fund to help move children from state custody and foster care into permanency
July 7, 1998 - Privatization and changes begun by judge’s task force bringing improvements to system responding to child abuse reports in Kansas
July 6, 1998 - SRS and Community Developmental Disability Organizations reach contract agreement for state fiscal year 1999
July 1, 1998- New rates for physicians in the Medicaid health insurance program to begin July 1
June 30, 1998 - The Kansas Association of Broadcasters: Lending a voice to help find permanency for children in need
June 26, 1998 - Community Mental Health Centers across Kansas reach agreement with SRS on contracts for the 1999 State Fiscal Year
June 18, 1998 - SRS announces child care grants; $4 million provided 90 public and non-profit child care agencies as agency works to improve quality and capacity
June 11, 1998 - Medicaid beneficiaries in seven eastern Kansas counties to join PrimeCare Kansas, a capitated managed care program
June 11, 1998 - Companies asked to make proposals to provide health insurance for uninsured Kansas children in the Health Wave program
May 13, 1998 - June 2 SRS Open Meeting gives Kansans an opportunity to help shape future social services programs; ‘Open house' by Secretary, Deputy Secretary and commissioners to follow budget meeting
May 13, 1998 - Meeting set to discuss implementation issues for new waiver program funding community-based services for children with serious emotional disturbances
May 7, 1998 - Commission establishes toll-free telephone line for consumer information and referral concerning mental health services in Kansas
May 4, 1998 - Foster care contractor to lease space at Osawatomie State Hospital
May 4, 1998 - Governor Graves, top national and state adoption experts, to speak during Governor's Symposium on African American Adoption
April 28, 1998 - Commissioner Hubbell to lead walk in support of lives touched by mental illness beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday on the Statehouse grounds
April 22, 1998 - Task Force on lawsuit settlement compliance finds major problems with monitoring process; recommended changes being adopted statewide
April 22, 1998 - SRS grant awards to family child care providers serve dual purpose: increasing the availability of child care and improving quality of care
April 20, 1998 - Secretary Chronister to bring information about the state's child care system to Washington as she testifies before a U.S. Senate subcommittee
April 14, 1998 - Public meetings set to gather comments on the development of a Home and Community Based Services waiver for adults with mental illness
April 14, 1998 - Commissioner Hubbell to join with advocates, consumers and planning council in a May 2 march on Washington in support of lives touched by mental illness; Topeka march also scheduled
April 14, 1998 - Rainbow Mental Health Center Superintendent Martha Town submits resignation
March 19, 1998 - Hughes names litigation attorney for the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
March 17, 1998 - Deadline nears for applying for LIEAP heating assistance benefits
March 12, 1998 - Once again, SRS official asked to testify before Congress on successful social service programs begun in Kansas
February 27, 1998 - Earned Income Tax Credit can provide help to low-income families
February 18, 1998 - The need for coordination, collaboration between agencies coming clear in responding to child abuse in Kansas
February 16, 1998 - Availability and accessibility of mental health services to be greatly expanded through the use of tele-video network now under construction across Kansas
February 2, 1998 - SRS renews contracts with Kansas-based non-profit child placing agencies providing foster care for children in state custody
January 30, 1998 - SRS releases another in a series of child support Most Wanted posters
January 29, 1998 - SRS contract with Virginia firm to provide an external review of all child welfare programs
January 28, 1998 - 110-year history of Winfield State Hospital and Training Center ends with successful closure as last residents move to community settings
January 8, 1998 - Child support pass through payments to eligible TAF recipients go out
January 7, 1998 - SRS increases rates paid to providers of infant and toddler child care
January 7, 1998 - Applications for Low Income Energy Assistance Program now being accepted
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