Current KEN Partner Organizations
Partners are defined as out-of-school time resource and service providers, advocates and all interested parties invested in promoting true community collaborative efforts for out-of-school time state-wide efforts.
Partners are actively involved in the Network Mission, Vision and Goals.
- VISION - Kansas will have high quality, safe and affordable afterschool programs for all its youth.
- MISSION - To raise awareness, build capacity and sustainability, and promote the importance of safe, high quality, affordable out-of-school programs.
- GOALS -
- Create a sustainable structure of statewide, regional, and local partnerships, particularly school-community partnerships, focused on supporting policy development at all levels.
- Support the development and growth of statewide policies that will secure the resources that are needed to sustain new and existing afterschool programs.
- Support statewide systems to ensure programs are of high quality.
Current Partner List
AARP Kansas
American Red Cross
AmeriCorps GoZones!
Associated General Contractors of Kansas
Behavior Connections
Bethel Neighborhood Center
Boys and Girls Clubs--Kansas Area Council
Bridges To Success - Topeka United Way
Catholic Charities of Kansas City
Catholic Charities of Topeka Foster Grandparent Program
Catholic Charities of Wichita
Challenger Learning Center of Kansas
City of Mt. Hope, Kansas
Communities in Schools in Kansas
East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corporation
FIRST Robotics
Girl Scouts Council of the Flint Hills
Girl Scouts-Kaw Valley Council
Governor Kathleen Sebelius' Office
Greater Kansas City YMCA
Greater Wichita YMCA
Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City
Hutchinson Community Foundation
Johnson County Community College
Junior Achievement of Middle America
Kansas 4-H
Kansas Action for Children, Inc.
Kansas Alliance for Arts Education
Kansas Arts Commission
Kansas Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
Kansas Association of Counties
Kansas Association of Elementary School Principals
Kansas Association of School Boards
Kansas Big Brothers and Big Sisters
Kansas Children's Cabinet
Kansas City Partnership for Children
Kansas Community Education Association
Kansas Department of Commerce
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitative Services
Kansas Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Plan
Kansas Ecumenical Ministries
Kansas Health Foundation
Kansas Juvenile Justice Authority
Kansas Learning First Alliance
Kansas Library Association
Kansas Mentors
Kansas National Education Association
Kansas Nutrition Network
Kansas Office of Attorney General
Kansas Parent Information Resource Center
Kansas Parent Teacher Association
Kansas Recreation and Parks Association
Kansas State Department of Education
Kansas State High School Activities Association
Kansas State University Research and Extension
KC Royals
League of Kansas Municipalities
National League of Cities
Regional Prevention Center--East Central Kansas
The Salvation Army
Topeka YMCA
Unified Government of Wyandotte County
United School Administrators of Kansas
United Way of Wyandotte County, Inc.
University of Kansas
University of Kansas Medical Center Area Health Education Centers
Wichita Child Care Association
Wichita State University Center for Community Support and Research
YouthFriends of Kansas
YouthNet of Greater Kansas City
Youth Volunteer Corp of America