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RHTP Crisis Transportation Services
The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) is seeking competitive proposals from qualified vendors to provide a coordinated transportation service to support individuals experiencing mental health and substance abuse crises across Kansas. This initiative, aligned with the goals of the Kansas Rural Health Transportation Program (RHTP), is intended to strengthen the state's behavioral health crisis response system by ensuring timely, safe, and appropriate transportation to receiving facilities, while reducing reliance on law enforcement and emergency response departments for non-medical transport. The goal of this RFP is to establish statewide crisis transportation services across all 105 counties in the State of Kansas. The Contractor will be responsible for delivering 24/7/365 transportation services, supported by centralized dispatch, vehicles appropriate for behavioral health transport, and personnel trained in behavioral health crisis response, including de-escalation and trauma-informed care. Services will be available through multiple referral sources, including 988 crisis lines, community mental health centers, hospitals, law enforcement, courts, and other authorized entities.
Applications are due no later than 2 p.m. September 29, 2026.
KS Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) - Partnerships for Success (PFS) for States Faith-Based Prevention Grant
The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS), Behavioral Health Services Commission (BHS), announces the release of a Request for Applications (RFA) for the Strategic Prevention Framework–Partnerships for Success (SPF-PFS) States Faith-Based Initiative. This funding opportunity supports faith-based organizations in implementing evidence-based and evidence-informed substance use prevention strategies that reduce alcohol and marijuana use among youth and young adults ages 12–20 while promoting protective factors, positive youth development, family engagement, and community wellness.
The initiative expands Kansas' existing SPF-PFS prevention infrastructure by engaging faith communities as trusted partners in prevention.
Applications are due no later than 5 p.m. September 17, 2026, submitted to Sreeram Laaxman
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Nursing Home Civil Money Penalty (CMP) Reinvestment Program
Civil Money Penalties (CMP) are monetary penalties (fines) imposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) against nursing facilities that have failed to maintain compliance with federal requirements. A portion of these funds are returned to the states and may be used for projects supporting activities that benefit nursing facility residents, or that protect and improve their quality of life or care. CMP funds may be used for, but are not limited to, the following:
- Training
- Transition Preparation
- Culture change/quality of life
- Projects that support resident and family councils
- Resident transition due to facility closure or downsizing