Early this month, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) introduced twin bills to the Senate and House to address the current dental crisis affecting millions of Americans.  Track the status of this bill here, which is considered to be the most comprehensive dental legislation in U.S. history.

The Disability Rights Center is looking for feedback from self advocates with intellectual disabilities and their natural supporters on their ability to obtain accessible and culturally competent health care, dental care and long term care services and supports, particularly in regards to self-management issues.  Please click here to take this online survey, your help is appreciated!

Sign up to be a Walk or Run Team Captain by June 27, for our annual Step by Step Walk-and new this year, the Pilgrim Pacer benefiting Families Together.  Contact Anittra at 316.945.7747. ext 1011 to sign up and then join us for a FREE KICK OFF LUNCH at Carrabba's Italian Grill on Thursday, July 12.

• Step by Step Walk, Saturday, September 8, Sedgwick County Park, Wichita 
• Pilgrim Pacer, Saturday, November 10, Shawnee Mission Park, Lenexa  

Family Voices is looking for two youth leaders and two family leaders to be on each of the four advisory groups and their steering committee.  Family leaders and youth with special health care needs who have had issues with inappropriate discipline in schools and can also represent a broader segment in this population.  Contact Nina Salomon, M.S. Ed., for more information and read Breaking Schools™ Rules:  A Statewide Study on How School Discipline Relates to Students™ Success and Juvenile Justice Involvement.

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 are 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.