Colleges explore funding and four year options for southwest Kansas students
Southwest Kansas colleges discussed shared grants and curriculum to support students. GCCC trustee Terri Worf and SCCC officials emphasized grant writing and collaboration. They weighed more four year opportunities on community campuses, Pell grants, and future campus technology trends including tablets and potential elimination of physical textbooks.
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Terri Worf
Gccc Board of Trustees
Swender
Woodburn
Dunn
Ron Schwartz
GCCC
Schwartz
Frank Mensel
American Association of Community Colleges
Education Policy Center
University of Alabama
Mensel
U.S
Claiborne Pell
Rhode Island
Steve Quakenbush
Washington
Marvin Chance
SCCC
Welfare fraud hits Kansas SNAP program audit findings
A USDA audit shows 883 beneficiaries improperly received assistance from Kansas SNAP between August 2009 and 2010. Fraud includes deceased individuals, invalid SSNs, and double-dipping, with prison inmates and driver license winners accounting for many cases. KEES system aims to cross reference data, funded largely by federal dollars, while investigators expand state efforts.
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USDA
Kansas
Siedlecki
Ple
SAS
Garden City EAS Flight Plans Backed by Unanimous City Vote
Garden City officials selected American Eagle for the Essential Air Service grant to provide twice daily Denver round trips at about 2.9 million annually for two years. The DOT noted expected subsidy declines as Eagle expands services in other markets. A regional funding push and Dodge City subsidy savings support the plan as regional jet service awaits an environmental assessment.
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Eagle
Garden City
DOT
Kansas
Dodge City
Hays
Liberal
Great Bend
American Eagle
EAS
Great Lakes Airlines
Denver
Chicago
Powell
Regional Economic Area Partnership of
South Central
Kansas Affordable Airfares Program
KAAP
Wichita
Mid-Continent
AIDS outreach leader directs Western Kansas program network
Arturo Ponce guides UMMAM and WeKARE to curb HIV/AIDS in southwest Kansas. From Liberal to Garden City and Dodge City, the program expands testing, mobile clinics, and six week HIV clinics while fighting stigma. World AIDS Day will feature a candlelight vigil in Liberal at 7 PM.
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UMMAM
Garder City
Dodge City
Liberal
Ulysses
Kansas
Ponce
Aids Resources & Education
Wekare
Arturo
Ummawm
Garden City
Kansas City
Wekare Organization
Spe
Erma Velasquez
Velasquez
Liberal Library
Kansas Ave
Ummam.org
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Western Counties
Don Jordan
SRS
Kathleen Sebelius
Mark Parkinson
Ken Thompson
Derek Schmidt
Community Congregational Church
3Rd
Walnut
Jerrad Webb
Lloyd Dinkel
Finney County Ems
Garden City Community College
Fen
Gcccks.edu
Student and Community Services Center
Geccks.edu
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