DCCCA celebrated the opening of its new housing community on Thursday, designed to help women in recovery and their children build stability, access treatment and transition toward permanent housing. At least 100 guests attended the open house event, which featured food trucks, a resource fair ...
Behavioral health leaders are exploring the idea of a "clubhouse" that would provide adults with serious mental illness a non-clinical space to build skills, connections and independence. A key objective in the behavioral health focus area of the county’s Community Health Improvement Plan ...
Haskell Indian Nations University announced an agreement with the federal government that supports the construction of a brand new healthcare facility to expand access and provide professional training for its students. The university and the Indian Health Service, an agency of the U.S. ...
A group looking to win historic preservation status for the Municipal Stadium in East Lawrence’s Hobbs Park will host a community meeting Sunday to detail the project's progress. The group, called the Municipal Stadium at Hobbs Park Legacy Project, will host the session on Sunday, June 7, at ...
A Douglas County supportive housing program helping chronically homeless residents secure stable housing has generated an estimate of nearly $108,000 in public service savings, according to a new county analysis. A work session was requested by the Douglas County Commission to provide an ...
After a Lawrence-based nonprofit received a $250,000 grant from the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund, its leader said the donation will make a big difference to the students it supports. The nonprofit, SparkWheel, announced it was one of the 27 organizations worldwide that received support ...