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Disability Rights Center of Kansas (DRC)   
            Disability Rights Center of Kansas (DRC)
            Formerly Kansas Advocacy - Protective Services (KAPS)
            635 S.W. Harrison Street, Suite 100
            Topeka, Kansas 66603-3726
            Voice: 785-273-9661
            Toll free Voice: 1-877-776-1541
            Toll free TDD: 1-877-335-3725
            Fax: 785-273-9414


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      INVITATION to DRC 30th Anniversary Event, Wednesday March 12
      Please come and Celebrate DRC's 30th Anniversary!

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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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