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A Million Moments, One Shared Mission: Preventing Maternal Death in Kansas

With support from CPPR and Kansas Connecting Communities, KDHE is convening the first Million Moments for Maternal Mortality Prevention Conference to spotlight the urgent need for collaboration, intervention, and system change to save mothers' lives across Kansas.
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Community Behavioral Health Clinics Improve Rural Access to Mental Health Services in Kansas

With support from CPPR, Crawford County Mental Health Center was certified as a community behavioral health clinic, a new model of behavioral health service delivery that has been implemented in Kansas and across the county.
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Building Capacity Through Fund Development: CPPR Shares Tools for Systems Change at Kansas Health Foundation Summit

CPPR researchers' "A Practical Guide to Fund Development" presentation was delivered to Kansas Health Foundation (KHF) partners on July 17 during the KHF 2025 Partner Summit.
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When communities make sense of the data, needs are truly understood

Researchers at the Achievement & Assessment Institute's Center for Public Partnerships and Research (CPPR) use sensemaking, a mixed method research approach to data collection and storytelling, to help communities better understand their own needs and challenges.

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