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A new system for hiring agencies to coordinate adoptions and foster care placements in Kansas will continue to let some groups cite religious beliefs to...
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So far this month, eastern Kansas foster care contractor KVC Kansas hasn’t had any kids sleep in its offices. St. Francis, the contractor for the rest...
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Adrian Jones. Evan Brewer. Conner Hawes. Lucas Hernandez. News coverage of those children’s deaths and others under the state’s watch galvanized public...
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The Kansas child welfare agency is splitting foster care from family preservation services. The Department for Children and Families put out its call...
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Some 20 administrators in the Kansas agency managing child welfare and state assistance have been promoted, fired or shifted to other posts since...
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Janelle DuBree didn’t need statistics to see that foster kids are traumatized. The evidence was spilled, smashed and smeared all over her kitchen and...
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The Kansas Department for Children and Families is opening up child protection services jobs to people who aren’t licensed social workers.
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A bill before Kansas lawmakers says faith-based child agencies should not be required to place children in families if it conflicts with the religious...
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Kansas lawmakers are considering creating a watchdog based outside the state’s child welfare agency, but with access to inside information. A bill to...
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The new head of Kansas’ troubled child welfare agency got a unanimous vote of confidence from a legislative committee Friday. Even the agency's...