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Governor’s Behavioral Health Children’s Subcommittee reviews access gaps and waiver planning
Summary
The Governor’s Behavioral Health Services Planning Council children’s subcommittee reported priorities including support for KS Kids MAP, attention to children with intellectual and developmental disabilities and work on postpartum and early-childhood mental health access.
Nanette Perrin reported for the Governor’s Behavioral Health Services Planning Council children’s subcommittee on priorities including statewide access, supports for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), and perinatal/postpartum mental-health needs.
Perrin said the subcommittee is tracking KDADS work on a proposed community support waiver that would expand services for people with IDD, and noted ongoing concerns about access to higher-acuity psychiatric treatment and specialty residential placements for children. She flagged the KS Kids MAP program and the need to address service gaps in rural communities, and said the subcommittee is monitoring diagnostic-criteria work for ages 0–5 that could affect screening and service pathways.
The subcommittee meets every other month; Perrin encouraged participation and provided contact information for those who want to follow or join subcommittee work.
Ending
Perrin invited stakeholders to engage with the subcommittee and follow KDADS waiver development and related initiatives.
