"Mom, you are ruining summer," he wailed. "I don't want to think about school. I don't want to go to school. I hate school!"

This was not news to me. He struggled with ADHD and school demanded he be-and do-all the things that were so hard for him. They needed him to be organized, on-task, get work done and be nice about it.

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• About 1 in 5 American adults will have a mental health condition in any given year?
• But only 41 percent of them will receive services?
• About 10 percent of the American adult population will have a mood disorder, such as depression or bipolar?
• And 18 percent have an anxiety disorder, including post-traumatic stress disorder?

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The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) has scheduled a series of public forums to discuss integration of the state's home- and community-based Medicaid waiver programs.

The purpose of these meetings is to talk to Kansans who receive these services in an effort to understand and address their frustrations with the current individual waivers. This will be an opportunity for HCBS waiver consumers to let the agencies know how the waivers are working for them. The agencies are working on creating a new 1115 waiver that would integrate current waiver services, so that all services would be available to waiver participants regardless of the waiver for which they are eligible if they are determined to need these services to continue to live in their communities.

**While the state would like for individuals to register for these public meetings, registration is not required to attend.**