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Jefferson Co earns funds for endangered youth

By Brian Hagen

11/05/2024

(KAIR)--The Drug Endangered Children in Kansas program receives a second round of funding on top of last year's first round, which included 18 communities, with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment saying the additional funding means a total of 29 grantees across the state, receiving a total of $3 million.

Word of the award is announced in a release from KDOT, which explains the funding is part of a grant the agency received through the U.S Department of Justice, and aimed at drug endangered children, defined as those who are at risk of suffering physical, mental or emotional harm as a result of substance misuse by a parent or caregiver, or those whose caretaker's substance abuse keeps them from providing proper parenting.

One local community will benefit from the funding, with the release noting that the Jefferson County Health Department has been selected for an award of more than $94,000 through the program, commonly known as DECK, whose purpose it is "to reduce the number of children who experience environments where substances are used by increasing identification of and improving the response to these children."

According to the release, an estimated 165,847 Kansas children are living in environments where their parent or caregiver uses substances, while approximately 3,781 infants, born in Kansas, are exposed to substances each year.

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