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Upcoming Events 2010

Oct. 4 - KDEC Inclusion Summit, Salina, KS, 1-4 pm. Click here for registration form.

Oct. 5 - 2nd Statewide KELC Meeting, Salina, KS, 9am to 3 pm. Click here for registration form.

Nov. 3-5, 34th Annual Governor's Conference for the Prevention of Child Abuse & Neglect, Wichita, KS.  For more information, go to www.kcsl.org.

KELC Leadership Team

KELC is a collaborative organization. All member organizations report to the KELC Project Director and State KELC Organizations, who in turn report to a Leadership Team. Click here to download our organizational chart.

Joni Breidenthal Joni Breidenthal
KELC Project Director
Kansas Children's Service League (KCSL)
Phone: 913-621-2016 x 1206
jbreidenthal@kcsl.org

Leadell Ediger
Executive Director
Kansas Association of Child Care and Resource and Referral Agencies (KACCRRA)
Phone: 785-823-3343
leadell@kaccrra.org

Terry Leatherman
Executive Director
Kansas Association for Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (KAIMH)
Phone: 785-218-8236
terry.d.leatherman@kaimh.org

Shelley Mayse
Early Childhood Mental Health & Disabilities Director-Infant MH Mentor
Kansas Association for Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (KAIMH)
Phone: 913-642-4300 ext. 1107
smayse@thefamilyconservancy.org

Mary Baskett
Executive Director
Kansas Head Start Association (KHSA)
Phone: 785-856-3132
mbaskett@ksheadstart.org

Nancy Keel
Executive Director
Kansas Parents as Teachers Association (KPATA)
Phone: 913-780-7002
keeln@olatheschools.com

Tracie LansingTracie Lansing
Healthy Families Policy Director
Kansas Children's Service League (KCSL)
Phone: 785-274-3100 ext. 1204
tlansing@kcsl.org

Peggy Miksch
Partner Liaison
Kansas Division for Early Childhood (KDEC)
Phone: 785-456-8881
pmiksch@ku.edu

Christopher Smith, Ph.D.
KELC Evaluator
Maryland Center for Developmental Disabilities, Kennedy Krieger Institute
Phone: 443-923-9555
smithchr@kennedykrieger.org

Patty Robb
KELC Communications Coordinator 
Kansas Children's Service League KCSL
Phone: 913-621-2016 ext. 1201
probb@kcsl.org

 

 

 

Kansas Kids

15% of Kansas Children live in poverty...

a 25% increase from 2000 to 2008.

Source: 2010 Kids Count Data Book, datacenter.kidscount.org.