On April 26, LeadingAge sent a letter to CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure asking for specifics on the Nursing Home Staffing Campaign that was unveiled in the Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting Final Rule on April 22. The letter outlines questions about the Campaign’s workforce awareness strategies, its financial incentives for nurses to work in nursing homes, and its research components. In the letter, LeadingAge requested a meeting to discuss the Campaign and partner with CMS on it.  

“We hope that this campaign is the first of multiple steps from the Administration that bring significantly more resources to ensure access to nursing home care is not restricted or limited,” LeadingAge president and CEO Katie Smith Sloan says in the letter. 

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Kylee Childs
Kylee Childs, MSW, is the Director of Government Affairs.Since joining the association in 2023, she continues to be a fierce and resourceful advocate for aging services in Kansas. Her professional focus has always been service to others through advocacy. Kylee has a master’s degree in social work from the University of Missouri-Columbia, a bachelor's degree in criminology with a minor in Conflict Analysis and Trauma studies from Kansas State University, and a certificate in Grant Proposal Writing from Fort Hays State University. With a professional background in law enforcement and child welfare, and a successful 2023 legislative practicum with the Children's Alliance of Kansas, she brings rich professional experience to her role as Director of Government Affairs, and a front-line perspective on the needs of health and human services providers in our state. When not working, she's spending time with her two daughters. You can reach Kylee directly at 785.670.8051.

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