There are some signs of financial improvement at the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center, with new reason to believe that a state agency will provide a “considerable” boost of funding as soon as next month.
But there are also continuing signs of financial trouble, the nonprofit’s Finance Committee was told at a meeting on Wednesday. The organization has delayed paying a large amount of bills from ...
The public can celebrate the summer solstice with a guided tour of KU's medicinal garden that will highlight ecological research, student projects and community partnerships.
The tour will take place at 7 p.m. Friday. The garden is east of the Lawrence Municipal Airport next to Prairie Moon Waldorf School, 1865 East 1600 Road. It includes research plantings, a large native plant demonstration garden and the ...
A Lawrence-based nonprofit that staffs the state’s suicide prevention crisis line may need financial help from Douglas County after it had to repay nearly $300,000 of misspent grant funds.
A leader with HeadQuarters Kansas told Douglas County commissioners on Wednesday that the organization has made significant changes to its financial practices and operations following a turnover in leadership of the ...
To house people in the county's Behavioral Health Court and other specialty court programs in a more financially sustainable way, Douglas County is exploring a new, lower-cost supportive housing pilot that could launch next month.
The pilot program, which county commissioners will consider redirecting $154,000 of existing funding toward on Wednesday, would involve leasing eight two-bedroom units to provide ...
A new partnership between a local nonprofit and the Ballard Center will bring free, fresh produce to the center’s expanding pantry, making healthy food more accessible to North Lawrence.
“We’re always trying to figure out the best way to maximize what we can do for the community,” Nancy O’Conner, executive director of Growing Food Growing Health, said.
Will Averill, chief operating officer at the ...
Pregnant women in Douglas County have better access to maternity care than women in much of Kansas, statewide data indicates, especially as compared to rural areas — a growing concern for health officials in the state.
Care for high-risk pregnancies is concentrated in three main urban centers: Kansas City, Topeka and Wichita, according to a report from the University of Kansas School of Nursing. Douglas ...
