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A new law standardizing Kansas’ response to child-on-child sexual assault could cost $126,000 and result in more than 3,200 treatment referrals a year....
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Twice, Rep. Jarrod Ousley introduced bills that would create a watchdog over the Kansas agency in charge of looking after children from troubled...
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Kansas’ new governor wants to fix the state’s foster care. Fast. Laura Kelly isn’t the first governor to highlight a crisis in child welfare, or to...
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Kansas Gov.-elect Laura Kelly announced Thursday that she’s replacing the head of the state’s embattled child welfare agency, and at the same time...
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Studies show even children raised by parents with money problems or substance abuse tend to fare better than those routed through a chronically troubled...
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Kansas Gov.-elect Laura Kelly insists the state budget she’s preparing can fully fund the state’s schools, expand Medicaid coverage to another 150,000...
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The top child welfare official in Kansas says bringing in additional contractors under a new series of grants will cost more but will help put the…
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A University of Kansas study linked tighter welfare rules to a growing foster care load. The state agency overseeing those programs backed those same...
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The alleged rape of a 13-year-old girl while she was waiting for a foster care placement in May has many asking about consequences for the contractor,...
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In the wake of rape charge filed in an attack on a 13-year-old girl in the office of a foster care contractor, Kansas lawmakers said Tuesday they’ll...