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At KVC, we want every child and adult to be safe & connected to a strong family and a healthy community. We’re proud to be a leader in innovative, effective and compassionate care.
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KVC helps health and human service agencies excel at caring for families with the most complex needs through a proven model that improves people’s health, their experience of care, and costs.
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- Overview of KVC’s Expertise
- Keeping Children Safe
- Keeping Families Safely Together
- Right-Sizing Congregate Care in Foster Care
- Preventing & Treating Childhood Trauma
- Suicide Prevention Expertise
- KVC’s Partnership with Sesame Street
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- Consulting for Managed Care & Primary Health
- Consulting on Child Welfare & Behavioral Health
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Through KVC, you can strengthen families, prevent child abuse and neglect, and help create a bright future where every person is safe and connected to a strong family and a healthy community. Please join us today!
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About KVC
KVC Health Systems is a national leader in mental health and child welfare. Our network of local nonprofits are driven by a common mission, vision and values to strengthen families, prevent child abuse and neglect, and help children and adults achieve mental wellness.
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Chad E. Anderson, L.S.C.S.W.
Chad Anderson is Chief Clinical Officer of KVC Health Systems where he oversees all clinical behavioral healthcare services the organization provides to children and families across the U.S. He also provides leadership for the KVC Institute for Health Systems Innovation which uses neuroscience, technology and evidence-based practices to transform the experience of childhood for all children. He is passionate about prevention, both as it relates to mental health and preventing suicide, and as it relates to child welfare and safely preventing the need for foster care.
Chad began working for KVC as a residential therapist and intake social worker in 1999. Over the last 24 years, he has served in many roles including Clinical Treatment Supervisor, Lead Clinician for In-Home Evaluations and Treatment, Permanency Director, Director of Outpatient Clinical Services for KVC Kansas, Director of Clinical Services for Camber Children’s Mental Health (previously KVC Hospitals), Vice President of Clinical Services for KVC Kansas, and ultimately President of KVC Kansas. In that role, he led a team of over 700 people building a child welfare system that is safe, secure and stable. He also ensured the services were family-centered, connected to the community and focused by evidence-based practices. Chad led the integration of trauma-informed care into the Kansas foster care system, an endeavor which was the subject of a five-year study from Child Trends and the Annie E. Casey Foundation. This trauma-informed care work, known as “Bridging the Way Home,” was shown to positively impact children’s wellbeing and placement stability.
Chad received his bachelor’s degree in psychology with a minor in sociology from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, and his master’s in social work with a specialization in mental health from the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
He can be found on Twitter @chadandersonkvc and on LinkedIn. More information about KVC Health Systems is here.