The KELC grant is completed as of 12/31/12. Thanks!

 

Resources:
--KELC County Risk Factor Data
--The New Civic Infrastructure: The "How To" of Collective Impact and Getting a Better Return on Social Investment
--Family Satisfaction Survey Information
--Advocacy Resources
--Save the Children Website
--Strengthening Families Resources
--Protective Factors Surveys


Read the National
Center for Children
in Poverty Kansas Profile

 

 





Read National Defense Fund's: State of American Children and Kansas Profile

 

 

 

 

 

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KELC Leadership Team

More on staffing and organizational structure here.

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

Leadell Ediger
Executive Director
Child Care Aware of Kansas
Phone: 785-823-3343
leadell@ks.childcareaware.org

Shana Schmidt, ms lpc
Executive Director
Kansas Association for Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health KAIMH
Phone: 316.772.7213
breathewithme@cox.net

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

Lori Alvarado
Executive Director
Kansas Head Start Association KHSA
Phone: 785.856.3132
lalvarado@ksheadstart.org

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

Patty McCollum
Healthy Families Policy Director
Kansas Children's Service League (KCSL)
Phone: 913-621-2016 ext. 1205
pmccollum@kcsl.org

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

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

Evalution Team:

Chantelle Dowsett, PhD.
Research Assiciate
cdowsett@ku.edu

Shalynn Duke
Sr. Administrative Associate
shalynn1@ku.edu

Center for Research and Data Analysis
University of Kansas
1425 Jayhawk Blvd.
Watson Library, 470
Lawrence KS 66045-7556
785-864-3353