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You have the right to make decisions now regarding your own health care in the future.
What is Advance Care Planning?
Advance Care Planning is a process for helping you understand possible future health care choices. Reflect on your own values and goals and discuss your choices with those persons closest to you. You may also put your wishes in writing in case you become unable to make your own decisions in the future.
The main question these documents address is “who controls your health care if you are not able to make decisions yourself?”
The Documents:
Kansas statutes make two legal documents available to you to make sure your wishes are followed:
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.
Both English and Spanish versions of the application are available.
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.
Use this document (fillable form attached below) to chose the person who will carry out your health care instructions in case you are not conscious or are unable to make those decisions.
You do not have to chose a family member. If you do, make sure to give that person a notarized copy. Also share the document with other family members and give a copy to your doctor.
This document only gives powers to your chosen person while you are living. You may take away that power or change it at any time.
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.
This form may be signed prior to a hospitalization to make clear your wishes in certain health care situations. A copy should be provided to the hospital, at admission. You may also wish to provide one to your primary doctor.
The form, attached below, is fillable.
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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