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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:
Public Benefits
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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Stopping Debt Collection Harassment
Consumer Debt Advice from National Consumer Law Center  https://library.nclc.org/article/stopping-debt-collection-harassment-consumer-debt-advice-nclc April Kuehnhoff   June 25, 2018  Email link to this article
Medical Debt
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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In This Kansas Courtroom, the Hospital Dominates the Docket
A Rural Crisis: Medical Debt in America's Heartland More than 15 million Americans have medical debt, and the issue of collection is particularly tough in rural America. More than 15 million Americans have medical debt, and the issue of collection is particularly tough in rural America
Medical Debt
Charity Care: A Guide to Relief of Medical Debt
Kansas Legal Services offers you some guidance if you have medical debt weighing you down.  Please watch our new video for steps to take. https://youtu.be/hM2MgstFel0    
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Universal free school lunches ended, but some Kansas schools see a way to keep food coming
By Rafael Garcia Topeka Capital Journal - cjonline      July 24, 2023 After the end of a pandemic waiver that allowed all children in the U.S. to eat free school lunches, many Kansas schools are finding a way to keep feeding all of their students — all for free.
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Some debts aren’t worth paying back. Ever heard of ‘zombie debt’?
Some types of old debt are no longer collectible after a certain point. But collection agencies make money by scaring people into restarting the clock on payments.   August 6, 2025 by Michelle Singletary  Washington Post   You have a responsibility to repay the money you borrow.
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The secret ‘shame’ of medical debt nearly crushed her. Then this Kansas artist fought back.
A Rural Crisis: Medical Debt in America's Heartland   By Max McCoy July 2024  Kansas Reflector
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Selected filters:

Debt and Debt CollectionPublic BenefitsMedical DebtClear All Filters
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
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
Stopping Debt Collection Harassment
Consumer Debt Advice from National Consumer Law Center  https://library.nclc.org/article/stopping-debt-collection-harassment-consumer-debt-advice-nclc April Kuehnhoff   June 25, 2018  Email link to this article
Medical Debt
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
In This Kansas Courtroom, the Hospital Dominates the Docket
A Rural Crisis: Medical Debt in America's Heartland More than 15 million Americans have medical debt, and the issue of collection is particularly tough in rural America. More than 15 million Americans have medical debt, and the issue of collection is particularly tough in rural America
Medical Debt
Charity Care: A Guide to Relief of Medical Debt
Kansas Legal Services offers you some guidance if you have medical debt weighing you down.  Please watch our new video for steps to take. https://youtu.be/hM2MgstFel0    
Debt and Debt Collection
Universal free school lunches ended, but some Kansas schools see a way to keep food coming
By Rafael Garcia Topeka Capital Journal - cjonline      July 24, 2023 After the end of a pandemic waiver that allowed all children in the U.S. to eat free school lunches, many Kansas schools are finding a way to keep feeding all of their students — all for free.
Public Benefits
Some debts aren’t worth paying back. Ever heard of ‘zombie debt’?
Some types of old debt are no longer collectible after a certain point. But collection agencies make money by scaring people into restarting the clock on payments.   August 6, 2025 by Michelle Singletary  Washington Post   You have a responsibility to repay the money you borrow.
Debt and Debt Collection
The secret ‘shame’ of medical debt nearly crushed her. Then this Kansas artist fought back.
A Rural Crisis: Medical Debt in America's Heartland   By Max McCoy July 2024  Kansas Reflector
Medical Debt
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