Register Now for April 6 APM/Networks

April 6, 2023 APM/Networks

9 am-3 pm at the Webster Conference Center (2601 N Ohio St, Salina, KS 67401).

All Kansas Early Head Start and Head Start Directors are invited and the following Network groups will meet as well:

  • Coaches

  • Behavioral Health and Disabilities

  • Home Visitors

  • Parents

  • ERSEA

  • PFCE (Parent, Family, and Community Engagement) staff

  • Child Care Coordinators

We will have guest presenters throughout the day. Full agenda coming soon!

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KHSA Executive Director to Serve on Governor's Early Childhood Transition Task Force

KHSA Executive Director Jennifer Adhima has been chosen to serve on Governor Laura Kelly's Early Childhood Transition Task Force.  The Task Force is "charged with reviewing Kansas’ early childhood programs and developing a roadmap for the creation of a new state, cabinet-level agency focused solely on supporting the success of our youngest Kansans."

**Note: Two of the other members of the Task Force are KHSA State Children's Champions!  Amanda Petersen (2022) and Senator Pat Pettey (2018)**

Appointments to the Early Childhood Transition Task Force are:

  • Barry Downing, Wichita—Honorary Chair

  • Cornelia Stevens, Wichita—Co-Chair

  • Sam Huenergardt, Shawnee—Co-Chair

  • Secretary Laura Howard, Topeka

  • Secretary Janet Stanek, Topeka

  • Melissa Rooker, Fairway

  • Amanda Petersen, Lawrence

  • Sara Bloom, Hays

  • Lona Duvall, Garden City

  • Kelly Davydov, Overland Park

  • Betsy Wearing, Salina

  • Jennifer Adhima, Lawrence

  • David Jordan, Hutchinson

  • Monica Murnan, Pittsburg

  • Senator Pat Pettey, Kansas City

  • Senator Brenda Dietrich, Topeka

  • Representative Susan Ruiz, Shawnee

  • Representative Troy Waymaster, Bunker Hill

 
For more on the Task Force appointments>>