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2020 brought a sharp rise in the already-dire rate of Black infant mortality in Kansas. Black babies are now nearly three and a half times as likely to die in their first year of life as white babies.

The Wichita Public Library’s annual Summer Reading Program is beginning a month early this year to give children and teens a way to continue learning at…

(This story has been updated with comments from the children's attorney.) Immigrant children taken to Kansas after being separated from their families...

Jim Persinger tells the story with a little frustration.A school administrator saw school psychologists — his field — as interchangeable with counselors…

Kansas scores 15th among the 50 states for overall child well-being, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 2017 “Kids Count” report.The state’s…

As part of a four-year, $9 million System of Care federal grant, Wichita State's Center for Behavioral Health Initiatives (CBHI) at WSU's Community…

The number of Kansas children in state custody has risen to all-time highs as the number of child abuse and neglect complaints also is climbing.About…

The annual KIDS COUNT Data Book ranks Kansas 15th overall for child well-being. While that’s one spot higher than last year in the overall state rankings,…

Kansas is the 16th best state in the nation, in terms of overall child well-being according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation, in this year's KIDS COUNT…