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May 21, 2001 - Public meetings set to gain input on state’s child care services

Over $40 million in federal and state funding is expended in Kansas to help families with child care. The Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services (SRS), which administers child care programs in the state, recognizes the importance of child care assistance for low-income families and wants to hear from families about ways to improve child care services.

Public meetings have been scheduled in Hays and Wichita to receive recommendations and comments from Kansans in the development of a Child Care and Development Fund state plan for child care services.

Written comments concerning child care services in Kansas may also be sent to Early Childhood Development, 6th floor, Docking State Office Building, Topeka, Kansas 66612, attention Jean Morgan. Jean can be reached by telephone at (785) 368-6355 or by e-mail at JEM@srskansas.org

The public meetings are scheduled as follows:

June 5 7 to 9 p.m. Hays, Sternberg Museum, 3000 Sternberg Drive.
SRS contact: Marilyn Braun at (785) 628-1066 Ext. 225
June 6 1 to 3 p.m. Wichita, DETAMC, 2102 East 21st Street.
SRS contact: Penny Garrett at (316) 337-6420

Page Last Updated: May 29, 2001