Coalition targets underage drinking with school and faith partners
The group aims to bolster after school life skills and drug prevention through partnerships with school districts faith-based agencies and nonprofits. Leaders including Kevin Gallagher of St Catherine Hospital plan expanded tutoring with Big Brothers Big Sisters and parental education programs like Guiding Good Choices and Los Nitos Bien Educados to curb youth alcohol use amid rising costs and social risks.
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KCSL launches Healthy Families early childhood program
The program targets birth to age three to build parent child bonds. It provides medical provider access, development education, immunization scheduling, and home support. Funds flow via Finny County Health Department to KCSL with Medicaid match through Kansas Health Policy Authority and ECBG support. First year funding plans cover about 20 families at 5500 each, with 2.5 staff, aiming to grow to 100 families with five home visitors as referrals rise. The health department may keep up to 1 percent of funds for reporting to state authorities.
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Students Bake Bread in Gym Lesson at Plymell Loan School
About 60 students baked mini loaves Thursday in Plymell Loan School gym. Audrain guided kneading and mixing with flour rapid rise yeast sugar water dry milk salt and oil while students measured cups watched a wheat video and let dough rise under wrap before baking for snack time.
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Senate budget plan aims to close deficit facing Kansas
Senate Republicans push a 2010 budget plan cutting 7 million from aid to public schools and 23 million from social services to bridge a 1 billion gap. Gov. Sebelius calls the plan draconian though supporters see it buying time. House leaders anticipate tweaks but largely back the Senate approach as lawmakers prepare a Friday vote.
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