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The Disability Rights Center of Kansas (DRC) The Disability Rights Center of Kansas (DRC), formerly Kansas Advocacy & Protective Services (KAPS), is a public interest legal advocacy agency empowered by federal law to advocate for the civil and legal rights of Kansans with disabilities. DRC is the Official Protection and Advocacy System for Kansas and is a part of the national network of federally mandated and funded protection and advocacy systems. As such, DRC advocates for the rights of Kansans with disabilities under state or federal laws (ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, Federal Medicaid Act, Kansas Act Against Discrimination, etc.) |
DRC is also empowered by federal law to educate policymakers on needed improvements to the law and public policy. |
DRC is a private, 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, independent of both state government and disability service providers, allowing DRC to focus on the disability rights needs of Kansans with disabilities. |
DRC operates eight federally authorized and funded protection and advocacy programs in Kansas. DRC is also granted certain powers under federal law, including access to places where persons with disabilities are served, their records, the ability to conduct abuse, neglect, and exploitation investigations, etc. |
The Official Protection and Advocacy System of Kansas |
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The following federal funding partners shared in the cost of producing this website: The Administration on Developmental Disabilities (grants #G-0401KSPA17 and G-0303KSVOTP); the Center for Mental Health Services (grant #SMX209700F); the Rehabilitation Services Administration (grant #H240A040017C, # H343A030017, and #H1G1A050017); the Social Security Administration (grant #17 A 2019 7 03); Health & Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (grant #1H83MC01557-01-00). These contents are solely the responsibility of DRC and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. |
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