Kansas foster care

Advocates want Kansas to expand food stamps to keep more kids out of state custody.

A foster child was sexually assaulted while left unattended in 2018. Now, the state and its private contractor are settling in court.

Rural foster parents have the same struggles all rural Kansans do, but more legal deadlines adds additional stressors in their life.

Foster agencies have spent years trying to prevent children from sleeping in offices and bouncing between foster homes, but the problems continue.

The SOUL Family program is specially designed to help older foster youth who are aging out of care.

Guardians ad litem say their heavy caseloads make it hard to be everywhere at once. Foster parents want them to know the children they represent better.

The Lakeside Academy near Wichita was set to close, but the company Successful Dreams has reportedly stepped in to save it

Black children are overrepresented in the foster care system, and that has created a demand for more Black foster parents to give kids a more familiar environment after being taken from their biological families.

Kinship placements can be a better option than a licensed foster home, but kinship parents say they need more support

The Department for Children and Families says it works to make sure gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender foster children end up in welcoming homes, but nothing in state law requires special consideration.