Local Resources
Benefits
Kansas Public Employees Retirement System (KPERS)
The KPERS website will allow members to receive information regarding benefits by using online calculators to estimate the amount of benefits to be received.
Social Security Administration
This site contains helpful information regarding benefits and services about social security and medicare.
United States Department of Veteran's Affairs
The Veteran's Affairs website lists information regarding benefits for veterans and their families, including suvivors' benefits, cemeteries, and burial benefits.
United States Railroad Retirement Board
The Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) is an independent agency in the executive branch of the Federal Government. The RRB's primary function is to administer comprehensive retirement-survivor and unemployment-sickness benefit programs for the nation's railroad workers and their families, under the Railroad Retirement and Railroad Unemployment Insurance Acts.
Organizations
American Association for Retired Persons (AARP)
AARP provides a great resource on their website for information regarding end of life issues and a section with information on grief and loss.
Lung Cancer Alliance
Founded in 1995, our first priority and founding hallmark is to meet the needs of lung cancer patients and those at risk. As the largest lung cancer advocacy organization in the world, we work tirelessly to improve outcomes, eliminate stigma and secure public health research dollars. Thanks primarily to the support of thousands of individuals who initially get help from us and then in turn desire to give back, we have supported lung cancer research like no other organization in the world.
Mesothelioma Help
We offer an annual scholarship essay contest where we give out $10,000 in scholarships to students in colleges and universities. This is of course on top of our active online community made up of very medical professionals: two thoracic nurses with more than 25 years of experience, Ricki Lewis, PhD, geneticist who has proven to be an invaluable expert resource for MesotheliomaHelp as we report on the latest breakthroughs in gene therapy, two caregivers and survivors that share their experiences and advice with our readers (just to name a few). One other notable aspect is our live Q&A's with our team of nurses (you can visit our website to view prior and upcoming sessions)
Mesothelioma Information
The Mesothelioma Group is the premier online resource for mesothelioma education. Our organization is dedicated to spreading awareness of mesothelioma risk factors to prevent exposure and save lives. We are a community that fosters support for those affected by this aggressive type of cancer, and walk by your side as a partner and guide every step of the way.
Hospice Care
Caring Connections
Caring Connections, a program of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), is a national consumer engagement initiative to improve care at the end of life, supported by a grant from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Caring Connections provides free resources and information to help people make decisions about end-of-life care and services before a crisis. It also helps people connect with the resources they need, when they need them by bringing together community, state, and national partners working to improve end-of-life care.
Grief Support
Newspaper
The Butler County Times Gazette
For local news or recent obituary listings, click on the link above to be directed to The Butler County Times Gazette.
