Vote in the Kansas Elections

Kansas legislators have a tremendous impact on the way InterHab members do business. Although you are always encouraged to maintain contact your local legislators, during election times relationship building becomes all the more important. It’s important to introduce your organization/issues to each candidate and ask questions about their platform, so you can make an informed decision on Election Day.

Get Ready to Vote in Kansas

• Primary Election: August 5th
• Deadline to Register: July 15th
• Deadline for applying for advance ballot is August 1st for the primary election and October 31st for the general election

Forms and Links to Help you Prepare

Voter Registration Form
https://www.kssos.org/forms/elections/voterregistration.pdf
Guide to Voting from Secretary of State
https://www.kssos.org/forms/elections/A_Guide_to_Voting_in_Kansas.pdf
Voter ID Requirements
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sei6o08gAeM
Voter Registration Drives
https://www.kssos.org/forms/elections/A_Guide_to_Voter_Registration_Drives.pdf
Voting Accessibility
https://www.kssos.org/forms/elections/A_Guide_to_Voting_Accessibility.pdf
Filing Complaints Under the Help America Vote Act (HAVA)
https://www.kssos.org/forms/elections/A_Guide_to_HAVA_Complaint_Procedure.pdf

Feds demand Medicaid backlog fixes in Kansas

Obama administration announces Medicaid
enrollment mitigation plan deadline to six states

The Obama administration has given Kansas and five other states until Monday to submit plans to resolve issues that have prevented more than 1 million low-income or disabled people from getting health coverage.

“CMS is asking several state Medicaid agencies to provide updated mitigation plans to address gaps that exist in their eligibility and enrollment systems to ensure timely processing of applications and access to coverage for eligible people,” Aaron Albright, a spokesman for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, said to Kaiser Health News. He said the agency will monitor states’ progress in solving the problems getting people enrolled in the state-federal insurance program for the poor.

According to an article posted on KHI News, Kansas has drawn attention from federal authorities due to its slow moving and relatively large waiting lists for home- and community-based services, which advocates for the disabled have said puts the state in violation of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act as defined by the U.S. Supreme Court's so-called Olmstead decision...Read More

InterHab Move: Art Furnishings

When you visit the new InterHab offices, we hope you will enjoy the professional, comfortable and inspiring environment that is currently being planned by staff.

We want your new Association office space to live and breathe InterHab’s mission. Therefore, we’d like our members to help us accomplish something truly unique. Our goal is to exclusively display artwork created by Kansans with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

InterHab will supply the canvas and color palette. We’d like to ask InterHab members to work with persons within their organizations to develop beautiful and abstract paintings. InterHab will display the finished artwork, along with a small plaque commemorating your organization’s contribution.

Artwork created by Kansans with intellectual and developmental disabilities is the perfect way to illustrate the importance of the work you do each and every day.

If your organization is interested in participating, please contact Ashley Nadeau at anadeau@interhab.org for more information.

InterHab Move: Update One

With just a few weeks until InterHab moves its offices to the roof garden level of Jayhawk Tower, staff is busy making design and functionality decisions.

Last week Matt, Ashley, and Christa met with an interior designer who helped the team pick paint and carpet colors that best represents the InterHab brand.

Today Matt and Tom worked with the architect and demolition team to make final decisions on the new large conference room that will be used for onsite and webinar training sessions and meetings with membership.

InterHab's future conference room