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Mental Health Centers Seek Cut of Kansas Lottery Proceeds

By Jim McLean
Published January 5, 2017 at 7:30 PM CST
Kansas Lottery tickets. These particular tickets, for the multi-state Powerball game, were losers. That's why I'm writing cutlines instead of yachting. (Photo by J. Schafer)
Kansas Lottery tickets. These particular tickets, for the multi-state Powerball game, were losers. That's why I'm writing cutlines instead of yachting. (Photo by J. Schafer)

Mental health centers in Kansas are hoping the state lottery can help make up for years of funding cuts. Center directors want the state to reduce how much it pays lottery winners and use the money to restore funding they’ve lost since 2007. Kyle Kessler is executive director of the Association of Community Mental Health Centers.

Kessler says the centers are seeking $20 million as part of a comprehensive plan to strengthen mental health services in the state.
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Jim McLean
Jim McLean, Executive Editor of KHI News Service, oversees the KHI News Service. From 2005 until 2013, McLean coordinated all communications activities at KHI as Vice President for Public Affairs. The position he now occupies was created as part of a strategic initiative to solidify the editorial and operational independence of the KHI News Service. Prior to coming to KHI, McLean had a distinguished career as a journalist, serving as the news director and Statehouse bureau chief for Kansas Public Radio and a managing editor for the Topeka Capital-Journal. During his more than 20 years in Kansas journalism, McLean won numerous awards for journalistic excellence from the Kansas Press Association, regional chapters of the Society of Professional Journalists and the Kansas Association of Broadcasters. In 1997, McLean and two Capital-Journal colleagues received the Burton W. Marvin News Enterprise Award from the University of Kansas William Allen White School of Journalism for a series of stories on the state’s business climate. McLean holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Washburn University.
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