The State Plans series is a listing alphabetically of all of the departments and agencies of the state of Kansas publishing a plan that was submitted to the governor's office. These plans were used as both working and reference documents and are tied closely with the state agencies producing them. They contain statements of future projections and policies, as well as current agency data.

The series is divided into both State and One Year Plans and... Five Year Plans, which describes the length of time that the reports cover. Each of the subseries lists the plans alphabetically, with key words serving as the listing determinate (for example: Children and Youth, Kansas Manual of Services to).