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Please check this page frequently for the latest in news that affects you as a consumer.  We also have several free legal forms on our Free Legal Forms page that help with Consumer problems.  
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Denials from Kansas Department for Children and Families Can Be Appealed
DENIED? If you received a denial notice from the Department for Children and Families, you can appeal. What should you appeal? You were denied benefits and:
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Home Health Care
Kansas Home Care Association provides information to the general public and health care providers about home care services and to assists them in locating home care services in Kansas. It is important to remember that a home health care agency must be licensed by the state and this site has links to the ones that are licensed.     https://www.kshomecare.org/
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Home Hospice Care
The Kansas Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (KHPCO) is a work group of the LIFE Project Foundation and works to enable every Kansan to access quality care at the end of life. This site has links to find a hospice program in your area.  https://khpco.wordpress.com/find-a-hospice/
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Benefits in Kansas
Are you eligible for food stamps, child care subsidy, health insurance from the government?  To apply for SNAP (Food Stamp) benefits, TANF (cash assistance), Child Care Subsidy, find the application here.  You do not need to be eligible for or want all these benefits. One application is considered for all these programs.
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History of the War on Poverty
  As you may know, Kansas Legal Services is part of the national legal aid movement that was born in the War on Poverty in the early 1960s.  KLS grew out of the movement that believed everyone deserved equal access to justice, without regard to their ability to pay for services. The National Legal Aid and Defender Association (NLADA) has a film about the history of civil legal aid in the United States on their website.
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Payday lenders aim to evade federal probes as borrowers plead for help
A powerful set of financial firms have delayed federal investigations or punishments into their allegedly predatory lending practices, as they seize on an industry-led lawsuit challenging the future of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. By Tony Romm, October 28  Washington Post
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Resource Website for Seniors in Kansas
Comprehensive website on benefits, programs, health, rights and more for Kansans.   Kansas Aging and Disability Resource Center
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Chapter 61 answer
The instructions for filing an answer in a Chapter 61 Limited Action case are listed below.  There is a link to an interactive form at the bottom of this page that will create your Chapter 61 answer. Please read the instructions carefully before filing your answer with the court.   Instructions for Filing an Answer in a Limited Action case 1. Do NOT file the first 3 instruction pages with the Court.
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Errors by Criminal Background Check Companies Continue to Harm Consumers
Seven years ago, the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) issued Broken Records: How Errors by Criminal Background Checking Companies Harm Workers and Businesses, a report detailing the harmful mistakes that criminal background screening companies routinely make. Since then, advocates have litigated many class action and individual lawsuits against these companies for violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).
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Selected filters:

ConsumerHealthPublic BenefitsClear All Filters
Consumer
Please check this page frequently for the latest in news that affects you as a consumer.  We also have several free legal forms on our Free Legal Forms page that help with Consumer problems.  
Consumer
Denials from Kansas Department for Children and Families Can Be Appealed
DENIED? If you received a denial notice from the Department for Children and Families, you can appeal. What should you appeal? You were denied benefits and:
Public Benefits
Home Health Care
Kansas Home Care Association provides information to the general public and health care providers about home care services and to assists them in locating home care services in Kansas. It is important to remember that a home health care agency must be licensed by the state and this site has links to the ones that are licensed.     https://www.kshomecare.org/
Health
Home Hospice Care
The Kansas Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (KHPCO) is a work group of the LIFE Project Foundation and works to enable every Kansan to access quality care at the end of life. This site has links to find a hospice program in your area.  https://khpco.wordpress.com/find-a-hospice/
Health
Benefits in Kansas
Are you eligible for food stamps, child care subsidy, health insurance from the government?  To apply for SNAP (Food Stamp) benefits, TANF (cash assistance), Child Care Subsidy, find the application here.  You do not need to be eligible for or want all these benefits. One application is considered for all these programs.
Public Benefits
History of the War on Poverty
  As you may know, Kansas Legal Services is part of the national legal aid movement that was born in the War on Poverty in the early 1960s.  KLS grew out of the movement that believed everyone deserved equal access to justice, without regard to their ability to pay for services. The National Legal Aid and Defender Association (NLADA) has a film about the history of civil legal aid in the United States on their website.
Public Benefits
Payday lenders aim to evade federal probes as borrowers plead for help
A powerful set of financial firms have delayed federal investigations or punishments into their allegedly predatory lending practices, as they seize on an industry-led lawsuit challenging the future of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. By Tony Romm, October 28  Washington Post
Consumer
Resource Website for Seniors in Kansas
Comprehensive website on benefits, programs, health, rights and more for Kansans.   Kansas Aging and Disability Resource Center
Health
Chapter 61 answer
The instructions for filing an answer in a Chapter 61 Limited Action case are listed below.  There is a link to an interactive form at the bottom of this page that will create your Chapter 61 answer. Please read the instructions carefully before filing your answer with the court.   Instructions for Filing an Answer in a Limited Action case 1. Do NOT file the first 3 instruction pages with the Court.
Consumer
Errors by Criminal Background Check Companies Continue to Harm Consumers
Seven years ago, the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) issued Broken Records: How Errors by Criminal Background Checking Companies Harm Workers and Businesses, a report detailing the harmful mistakes that criminal background screening companies routinely make. Since then, advocates have litigated many class action and individual lawsuits against these companies for violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).
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