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KVC Health Systems Launches KVC Missouri and Names New President

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In this role, she led a team that dramatically grew community support for children who are in foster care due to abuse or neglect, increasing the organization’s foster and adoptive families by 78%, from 500 to 892 homes. It is called the Foster Care Adoption Resource Services, Training and Consultation (FCARSTC) program.

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How prioritisation tool can help councils tackle their DoLS backlogs

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New DoLS prioritisation tool Against this backdrop, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) has adopted a new tool to help councils prioritise DoLS applications that was developed by West Midlands ADASS. In the original, tool acute and psychiatric hospitals were automatically given high priority.

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What Effect Does the Environment Have on Your Health & How We Can Improve Community Health

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By understanding the social determinants of health, policymakers and healthcare professionals can assess what’s needed most in a community and then take the proper measures to work toward a healthy population. Camber has locations throughout Kansas, currently serving Kansas City, Wichita, Hays and later this year, Olathe.