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Civic Foresight Group Reflects on Shaping the Gateway to a Futurist Mindset

After engaging nearly 2,000 Kansans, Civic Foresight Group members Kate Van Steenhuyse, Logan Stenseng, and Jennifer Keomany shared reflections on how they introduced the concepts and practice of futures thinking and how they showed the discipline of foresight can be applicable, relevant, and critical to every community.

CPPR’s Integrated Referral and Intake System Reaches 100,000th Referral Milestone

Today, CPPR’s Integrated Referral and Intake System (IRIS) celebrates its 100,000th referral. Now with 36 IRIS community networks, which has grown from six counties in southeast Kansas to 82 counties across six states, IRIS provides the below services for families seeking support: ...

CPPR hosts futures thinking workshop for middle school students

On May 3, 2024, CPPR hosted a second Alternatives Futures for Kansas workshop, this time for middle school students in Lawrence, Kansas.

CPPR Needs Assessment for Kansas Fights Addiction Board

TOPEKA, Kan. – Sunflower Foundation is pleased to announce that it has selected the University of Kansas Center for Public Partnerships and Research (CPPR) to conduct a year-long, comprehensive statewide needs assessment of substance use disorder (SUD) systems and related work in Kansas that will be used to guide the future, long-term investment strategies of the Kansas Fights Addiction Grant Review Board.

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