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- Advocate
services affecting the deaf and hard of hearing in the
area public service, health care, educational, vocational
and employment opportunities;
- Act as a bureau of information
for the deaf and hard of hearing to state agencies and
public institutions providing general health and mental
health care, employment, vocational and educational
services, and to local agencies and programs;
- Collect facts and statistics
and other special studies of conditions affecting the
health and welfare of the deaf and hard of hearing in
this state;
- Provide a mutual exchange of
ideas and information on national, state, and local
levels;
- Provide public education of
prenatal and postnatal warning signs of conditions which
may lead to deafness or hearing impairment in the fetus
or newborn child;
- Encourage and assist local governments
in the development of programs for the deaf and hard
of hearing;
- Cooperate with public and private
agencies and units of local, state and federal governments
in promoting coordination in programs for the deaf and
hard of hearing;
- Provide for the social, emotional,
educational and vocational needs of the deaf and hard
of hearing and their families;
- Serve as an advisory board to
the governor on the needs of the deaf and hard of hearing
by preparing an annual report which reviews the status
of all state services to the deaf and hard of hearing
within Kansas, and to recommend priorities to the governor
for the development and coordination of services to
the deaf and hard of hearing;
- Make recommendations for needed improvements, and
serve as an advisory board in regard to new legislation
affecting the deaf and hard of hearing.
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Contact our Web Designer at fhg@srskansas.org
with suggestions or comments about this site. Page last updated September 10, 2007
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