Medicaid funding cuts to take a toll on Community Mental Health Centers, as well as having an effect on residential treatment for children and adolescents. Watch this interview with Gerry Lichti of NAMI Wichita for more information.

New findings are showing that dry mouth increases the risk of dental decay and gum disease.  Children and youth with special needs often take prescriptions and over-the counter medications that cause dry mouth.  Here are steps to take to address dry mouth and keep teeth and gums healthy. Read More

Terri Mauro shares with readers 10 questions to ask your doctor after receiving a new diagnosis.  These questions will help sure you get a clear idea of the next steps both the doctor and you need to take.  It may be hard to think of what to say or ask after the doctor gives you a diagnosis for your child.  It is a good idea to write down all the things you want to know and don't understand and take it with you to the appointment.

Managing a Special Needs Trust: A Guide for Trustees  is a reference guide for anyone who is managing a special needs trust for a person with a disability and/or working with families on future planning for a family member with a disability. The book explains how special needs trusts relate to the complicated public benefit programs that assist people with disabilities. (Use the code FTI, when ordering,) 

Families Together, Inc.

Topeka Center

(785) 233-4777 or (800) 264-6343 

Garden City Center

(620) 276-6364 or (888) 820-6364

Kansas City Center

(913) 287-1970 or (877) 499-5369

Wichita Center

(316) 945-7747 or (888) 815-6364

Statewide Spanish parent line

(800) 499-9443 

Wichita Administrative Center

(316) 945-7747 or (888) 815-6364

All toll free numbers for Kansas parents & education advocates

www.familiestogetherinc.org

Families Together, Inc. is the statewide organization that assists parents and their sons and daughters with disabilities. Our program's mission is to encourage, educate, and empower families to be effective advocates for their own children.

Families Together, Inc. is dedicated to a society that includes and values all people. We offer families the security of belonging to a support network of other parents that face similar goals, challenges and needs.

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