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Statewide Updates & Collaborative Impact
The KADEC News Center shares updates, announcements, training opportunities, and collaborative efforts happening across Kansas.
Here you will find information about county alliances, prevention initiatives, coordinated response efforts, and statewide developments related to drug-endangered children.
Media professionals, partners, and community members are encouraged to explore and share these updates.
These updates reflect the shared work happening across systems to protect children, reduce stigma, and strengthen coordinated response.
For media inquiries or speaking requests, please contact KADEC directly.
Recent Posts
Bill to Provide Overdose Prevention Resources Introduced in KS House
A new bill aimed at providing resources to schools and educators to help prevent overdoses has been introduced in the Kansas legislature.
Local DECK Grantee Brings Dads to the Table
When parents find ways to get more involved in their kids’ lives, we see great things happen.
Trauma-informed Care Summit Brings Hope to SE Kansas
Thrive Allen County educated their community about adverse childhood experience.
Fentanyl Prevention Education, Naloxone Could Soon Arrive in Kansas Schools
Kansas Legislature would provide resources for schools highlighting dangers of fentanyl
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About KADEC
The Kansas Alliance for Drug Endangered Children (KADEC) is a statewide, multidisciplinary network working to improve outcomes for children impacted by substance misuse.
KADEC brings together healthcare, education, child welfare, law enforcement, tribal partners, and community organizations to strengthen early identification, trauma-informed response, and coordinated care across Kansas.
Look Again. Be the Difference.
Look Again is a statewide awareness campaign designed to help Kansans recognize the hidden impact of substance misuse on children and understand what to do next.
The campaign centers child safety, reduces stigma, and encourages coordinated, trauma-informed response.
All children deserve safe, stable, and supportive environments. When we learn to recognize the signs early, we create stronger pathways for healing and stability.
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General Kansas News
Substance Use & Child Welfare | External Media Coverage in Kansas
These articles provide a broader context around substance use, prevention efforts, and child safety across the state.
Johnson County sees drop in Narcan calls with prevention, youth education efforts (January 13, 2025)
As opioid crisis evolves in Kansas, lawsuit settlement funds provide recovery options (January 27, 2025)
The silent epidemic: opioid addiction among adolescents in Kansas (February 4, 2025)
City, county have $15.5M to spend fighting opioid use. Here’s an early look at the plan (February 15, 2025)
Kelly signs popular bill to help law enforcement stock naloxone for opioid overdose cases (April 9, 2025)
Overdose training around KC saves lives. Trump is eyeing big funding cuts (May 20, 2025)
From news rack to naloxone distribution box: Kansas AG wants to expand access to lifesaving kits (August 11, 2025)
New report clears a path for Kansas’ response to substance use (August 14, 2025)
Kansas lacks high-quality opioid addiction treatment programs, KU study finds (September 3, 2025)
‘The next opioid crisis’: Kansas City woman shares experience with 7-OH (October 23, 2025)
In both Missouri and Kansas, these recent movements are targeting 7-OH (November 4, 2025)
National DEC Updates
News from DEC members across the country
National data reinforces what we see locally: children impacted by substance misuse often remain unseen without coordinated action.
Carson, NV, hosts training on drug-endangered children
“According to statistics provided by Carrie Jensen and James Henning of the National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children, one in four children (almost 19 million) in the U.S. live with at least one parent or caregiver who meets the technical criteria for having a substance use disorder, most involving alcohol abuse.”
1 in 4 children nationwide have a parent with substance use disorder (NPR)
“Nearly 19 million children in the United States have at least one parent with a substance use disorder, according to a new study published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics. And a significant number of those children have a parent whose addiction is moderate or severe as opposed to mild, the study finds.
The number amounts to 1 in 4 children with a parent who has addiction.”