Success Stories by State: Kansas

• Mid-Kansas Community Action Program Mission El Dorado Program
  September 2009
  Pools the resources of area service providers, including supplies and volunteer labor to identify, screen and provide service to low-income families in need of minor home repairs.
• Salina Area Health Network
  July 2009
  This outreach grant allowed this community to enjoy longer hospital hours, more services and more qualified staff.
• Central Kansas Rural Health Outreach Project
  May 2009
  The Central Kansas Rural Health Outreach Project sought to address the chronic health issues of diabetes, hypertension, and high cholesterol among residents living in a three-county region in central Kansas.
• Sowing the Seeds of Hope
  July 2008
  Sowing the Seeds of Hope is responding to the mental health needs of farm families. This is a collaborative effort of project leaders in seven predominantly rural states: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
• Kansas Trauma Program
  November 2007
  The Kansas Trauma Program is a partnership between public and private organizations to address the treatment and survival of critical injuries throughout the state.
• EMS Co-op Helps Rural Providers
  September 2007
  Using the power of group purchasing within a cooperative structure, the North Central EMS Cooperative (NCEMSC) is an Emergency Medical Services (EMS) cooperative developed to serve Minnesota and surrounding states.
• South Central Dental Project
  January 2007
  This project will address a tremendous unmet need for dental care for the low-income people in the area, and will also pilot a dental program model integrated with medical care now provided by the participating clinics.
• Agrasafe
  July 2005
  While it may be impossible to alter the distances between farmers and first response services, AgraSafe recognized the value of offering quality training to first responders, family members, and coworkers.
• Rural Health Outreach (Kansas)
  July 2005
  This project was designed to develop and operate a network of Health and Wellness Centers in order to provide comprehensive primary care, prevention, health education, and transportation services to locally owned clinic sites.