Douglas County staff will soon be briefing county commissioners on progress, next steps and challenges for the community’s five-year strategic plan that aims to make homelessness in the county, at its worst, a "rare and brief occurrence."
The joint five-year plan to end chronic homelessness, ‘A Place for Everyone,’ was approved by both the City of Lawrence and the county in 2024, as the Journal-World ...
Starting next school year, the Lawrence school district will recognize Indigenous Peoples Day, the second Monday in October, as a district holiday and a day off for students and staff.
District calendars with the holiday were approved by the Lawrence school board at its meeting on Monday night, at which board members also heard an update from Native American Student Services about the district's American Indian ...
As the county’s Food System Plan approaches its 10-year anniversary, Douglas County leaders are rethinking priorities around food access, land health and equity.
Much of the county’s food systems work is guided by the 2017 Douglas County Food System Plan, which centers on supporting agricultural producers and food entrepreneurs, conserving natural resources, ensuring food access and health, advancing ...
Douglas County ended 2025 with a $6.7 million budget surplus after revenues exceeded projections and spending came in below estimates.
About $1.9 million of the surplus came from revenues exceeding estimates and the remaining roughly $4.9 million resulted from expenditures coming in below budget, as departments spent less than projected or had costs that were delayed or did not materialize by year-end, ...
To help make child care more affordable for local families, Lawrence’s Ballard Center is trying a new approach — capping tuition at 7% of a household's income.
In a news release, the Ballard Center said that 1 in 4 families in the community live paycheck to paycheck, and the average Kansas family spends 20% of their income on child care. But with its new model, the Ballard Center will review each ...
The Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center has received a $25,000 donation to help it build a new Youth Recovery Center, and designs for the facility at Clinton Parkway and Kasold Drive are progressing.
Leaders of Bert Nash and other stakeholders gathered Monday morning for the announcement that the Topeka-based financial services firm Security Benefit had agreed to donate $25,000 to the Judge Jean Shepherd ...
