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  • Area Mental Health Center

  • Arrowhead West, Inc. -the single place where persons apply for developmental disabilities services in Ford, Edwards, Ness, Meade, Gray, Comanche, Hodgeman, Clark, Kiowa, Barber, Harper, Kingman, and Pratt counties.

  • Developmental Services of Northwest Kansas - DSNWK as the Community Disability Organization (CDDO) assures the provision of quality services and programs to more than 500 individuals with mild to severe disabilities. These services are available through community based and outreach programs and interagency agreements with other service providers in the 18 northwestern most counties of Kansas.

  • Hays Area Children's Center - a private, nonprofit agency that has provided quality services for children since 1966.  Fully credentialed by the State of Kansas to assure high standards, HACC believes that "play" is a prerequisite to creative thinking and leads to discovery, reasoning and positive social relationships in children.

  • High Plains Mental Health Center - The purpose of the Center shall be those enumerated in K.S.A. 19-4001, et. seq., and shall include, but not be limited to, outpatient diagnostic and treatment services, rehabilitation services to individuals returning to their community from inpatient facilities, consultation services to schools, courts, health and welfare agencies, both public and private, inservice training for students entering professional educational programs relating to mental health, public educational programs, information, and research, and such other purposes as shall qualify the Center for licensing and accreditation as a community mental health center under the laws and regulations of the State of Kansas.

  • Iroquois Center for Human Development - Iroquois Center for Human Development is a non- profit community mental health center. It has a catchment area of Clark, Comanche, Edwards, and Kiowa counties. Although the home office is located in Greensburg, branch offices are also located in Coldwater, Ashland, and Kinsley.

  • Kansas Centers for Independent Living - represents 12 Centers for Independent Living (CIL’s).  Centers provide services to people with disabilities of all ages.  Centers for Independent Living also provide assistance to businesses and all other entities in the community to assist them in offering services to people with disabilities.  We advocate at a state and national level for the rights of all people with disabilities to live in the communities of their choice.

  • LINK, Inc. (Living Independently in Northwest Kansas) - LINK, Inc., is an independent living program for individuals who have physical, mental or emotional disabilities. LINK, Inc. services are available throughout a 21 county area in Northwest Kansas

  • Northwest Kansas Educational Service Center - comprised of 19 unified school districts. NKESC serves a student base of more than 8,000 students and 900 teachers. The Service Center employs over 200 certified and non-certified staff. The geographic area of NKESC encompasses 12 counties covering 11,300 square miles.

  • Northwest Kansas Transitional Council - has as its mission interagency collaboration to assist families with young adults in transition from school to adult life. Website for use by students, families, and school personnel in the transition process from school to adult life. Websites may be accessed by clicking on the underlined link. Email addresses which are underlined will bring up a preaddressed memo form so you may email the person concerned

  • Southwest Guidance Center - Helping Kansans with developmental disabilities access quality community services.