KVC Health Systems, one of Kansas’ two foster care contractors, received a $516,000 grant to provide the tablets. The program is called MyLink and uses iPads to deliver the therapy and educational videos. The iPads are use-restricted to only allow access to approved materials. The foster parents also have access to remote educational and training videos for parents through the tablets, according to a news release.
The grant, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service Distance Learning and Telemedicine program, will reach 850 families. Combined with the 160 families in West Virginia and Kentucky the program served last year — KVC operates in Kansas, West Virginia, Kentucky and Nebraska — the program will reach more than 1,000 families.
KVC matched the grant with $170,606, and KVC Kansas will receive $355,100 of the total funds. KVC Nebraska will receive $181,500 for its own MyLink program.
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