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Kansas’ troubled child welfare agency asked lawmakers Monday for money to solve mounting problems: foster kids sleeping in offices, children lost in the…
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A University of Kansas study supports the suspicions of lawmakers and advocates who believe there’s a link between additional restrictions on welfare…
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Members of a legislative task force charged with fixing problems in the Kansas foster care system resumed their discussion of possible solutions on…
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The new secretary of the Kansas Department for Children and Families has come in promising a thorough review of the agency, staffing changes and more…
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The Kansas Department for Children and Families is dealing with computer problems that brought down the system used to process welfare benefits…
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Kansas is on track to spend less than a third of what it did six years ago on cash assistance and to serve a third as many low-income people, according to…
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For Ashlyn Harcrow, the sound of the train whistle brings up all kinds of thoughts she’d like to avoid. Harcrow, 24, has been living at the Topeka Rescue…
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Kansas will have tighter welfare rules for cash assistance after Governor Sam Brownback signed some new restrictions into law. The changes will reduce the…
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Kansas lawmakers approved a bill today aimed at changing welfare policies and reducing prescription drug costs within the state's Medicaid program known…
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A children’s advocacy group is charging that welfare policies championed by Kansas Governor Sam Brownback are pushing more families into poverty.…