Days after losing her federal job, a Prairie Village woman still wants to give a helping hand

Days after losing her federal job, a Prairie Village woman still wants to give a helping hand

After 10 months of providing behavioral health support, Maria Lonconsolo was ready to commit 20 years at her federal job with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Those plans went out the window last weekend.

Ex-federal employee from Prairie Village finds path forward

By Noah Taborda When Maria Loconsolo didn’t get an email terminating her employment on Valentine’s Day, she regained a smidge of hope that she would avoid the mass firings of federal employees occurring nationwide. But since President Donald Trump’s inauguration in January, she’d heeded reports that federal employees would be quickly locked out of the […]