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Kansas will pay $1 million to settle a lawsuit over the 2015 murder of a 7-year-old boy.
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Foster agencies have spent years trying to prevent children from sleeping in offices and bouncing between foster homes, but the problems continue.
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Some of the new opportunities for support expire in September. Others extend a year beyond that. People can contact DCF to inquire about their eligibility.
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The private nonprofits that run foster care in the state say they've risen to the challenge of caring for children during the pandemic and meeting the terms of a class-action lawsuit settlement. But child welfare advocates say there's plenty of room for improvement.
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Saint Francis Ministries is required to submit a business plan to the state by March 1 and will need to share other financial information on a regular basis.
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Kinship families, who take in foster children who are related to them, are more likely to lack computers and other tools needed for online learning, say foster care agencies.
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The settlement ends a court fight that began in late 2018, and will require the state to better track foster children in its care.
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Foster families have faced extra challenges during the pandemic.
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TOPEKA, Kansas — The same kids who end up in trouble with the law often come from families in disarray. Those families, in turn, regularly turn to the...
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Gov. Laura Kelly announced Wednesday a plan to form a singular agency — the Kansas Department of Human Services — that would absorb social welfare...