{HOME} {BERTNASH.ORG}	:: RENOVATION continued Janette Snyder, a licensed clinical social worker was hired in 1972 and served as director of the Center for much of the 1970s. Snyder was a proponent for expansion. The Center grew in staff, initiated a 24-hour answering service, and established a satellite center in Baldwin City, just south of the Lawrence area. In 1977, collaborating with the hospital, health department, local pediatricians, and other individuals, the Center created a Cooperative Parent Education program (COPE). The program created a forum where parents could meet and share experiences, learn about community resources, and exchange family experiences. In 1978, President Jimmy Carter’s Commission on Mental Health proposed a $600 million program of treatment and prevention that would include improvements in maternal care and prevention of children’s mental problems. Additionally, the plan would change Medicare and Medicaid programs so that patients who sought help for mental illness could be reimbursed. The Commission emphasized that “mental health care of high quality and reasonable cost should be available to all who need it.” continue on to RESILIENCY 1980-1999		:: Janette Snyder, a licensed clinical social worker, served as the Bert Nash Center director for much of the 1970s, an era of program expansion. (Courtesy LJW and the Kansas Collection, University of Kansas Libraries) :: In July 1980 the Bert Nash staff moved into new quarters, the renovated 1956 wing of Lawrence Memorial Hospital. (Courtesy LJW and the Kansas Collection, University of Kansas Libraries)

 

 

 

 

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