TOPEKA — A cluster of civil rights and disability advocacy organizations reached agreement Tuesday with the state of Kansas to improve opportunities for people with mental illness to avoid institutionalization in special nursing homes unique to Kansas and to improve services so more could live in integrated community-based housing.
Outcome of more than a year of legal wrangling was designed to address problems at the state’s 10 Nursing Facilities for Mental Health and to transition the state away from unnecessary segregation of people with mental health disabilities at NFMHs…
