Kansas City nonprofit helps uninsured children enroll in health coverage
In Kansas City, a county outreach worker aids uninsured families, noting about 60,000 Kansas children lack health insurance and 70 percent qualify for HealthWare. Ruth Becker, an outreach and eligibility specialist, processes around 90 applications monthly while engaging communities at clinics, schools, and centers, speaking several languages to reach families like Teresita Hernandez enrolling Dayana Garcia in Medicaid.
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Kansas
Becker
Alexander
Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Department For Children and Families
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Turner House
Teresita Hernandez
Dayana Garcia
HealthWave enrollment rises in Kansas and Douglas County
KDHE figures show HealthWave enrollment for birth to 19 rising from 237,279 in 2007 to 314,724 in 2012 nationwide and 8,072 in Douglas County. The program covers doctor visits prescriptions dental care glasses and hearing aids with income thresholds and optional CHIP premiums. Outreach efforts by KDHE and local agencies seek to enroll more families, noting transition to KanCare in 2013 and potential impact on uninsured children.
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Kansas
Esping
U.S
Shannon Cotsoradis
Kansas Action For Children
Cotsoradis
HealthWave
KanCare
Kansans weigh Brownback agenda after party primary
Statehouse reporter Scott Rothschild notes that Kansas Republicans may shift to more conservative controls after primaries. Brownback aims to boost economy, limit government, and push on issues like Obamacare repeal, school funding, EITC, and labor union rules amid a divided Senate landscape.
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Davis
Brownback
Sherriene Jones-Sontag
Kansas Chamber of Commerce and
Koch-funded
Americans For Prosperity
Kansas
House
Senate
Jeff Colyer
Kansas Catholic Conference
Concerned Women For America of
Lawrence
Kansas Equality Coalition
National Organization For Women
Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City
Kan
EU Medical Center
Steve Morris
J R-Hugoton
Morris
Kansas Court of Appeals
Judiciary Committee
Tim Owens
Owens
Kansas Chamber of Commerce
Senate Education Committee
Volunteer receptionist becomes board secretary at Independence Inc
Athena Johnson began as a volunteer receptionist at Independence Inc offering encouragement to people with disabilities. She soon joined the board as secretary, earning a nomination for the Wallace Galluzzi Outstanding Volunteer Award for her dedication and leadership.
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Independence Inc
Johnson
United Way
Roger Hill Volunteer Center
Wallace Galluzzi
Athena
Stacey Hunter Schwartz
Schwartz
Independenceinc.org
Heat takes toll on monarch butterflies in Kansas and Missouri
Ecologists warn extreme heat reduces monarch numbers as their southward migration nears. Powell Botanical Gardens festival observes decade-low monarchs while Kansas University Monarch Watch notes early bloom loss leaves nectar scarce for the journey. Horticulturists fear cascading effects on birds and pollinators amid ongoing drought.
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Kingsville
Kansas
Missouri
Canada
Mexico
Kshb-Tv
Powell Botanical Gardens
Kansas City
Kansas University Monarch Watch
Chip Taylor
Journal World Story Idea Contacts in Lawrence KS
The Journal-World provides contact lines for newsroom staff in Lawrence Kansas including editors Caroline Trowbridge Ann Gardner and Tom Keegan with phone numbers and email references for submitting story ideas.
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Caroline Trowbridge
Drowbridge
L Jworld
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Ljworld
Tom Keegan
Tkeegan
Lawrence Journal-World
P.O
Lawrence
Weekend poll asks about celebrity impersonators visit Paris trip
The Kansas University men's basketball team has explored Paris and Versailles while the poll asks readers if they have visited France. Fifty five percent say no and forty four percent say yes. Visit LJWorld.com to view more responses and cast a vote.
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Kansas University
Paris
Versailles
France
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WellCommons
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Wichita
John Vratil
Leawood
Schodorf
Vratil
Statehouse
Scott Rothschild
Indiana
Micki Chestnut
Roger Hill
Journal-World
Jworld.com
N.H
Chris Bell
Ljworld.com
Susan Cantrell
Scantrell
the World Company
Sixth and
New Hampshire Streets
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Facebook.com
Twitter
Kansas Universit Lawrence School
Health Transportation
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