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Kansas’ new governor wants to fix the state’s foster care. Fast. Laura Kelly isn’t the first governor to highlight a crisis in child welfare, or to...
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In her first week in Kansas' corner office, Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly laid out her top priorities: ending litigation over school funding, expanding...
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Kansas Gov.-elect Laura Kelly announced Thursday that she’s replacing the head of the state’s embattled child welfare agency, and at the same time...
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Turmoil marks the troubled norm for foster care in Kansas. Now political, financial and legal forces look poised to slam the system into a new level of...
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This story was updated to include comments from the Kansas Department for Children and Families. A lawsuit filed Friday contends Kansas violates foster...
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A University of Kansas study linked tighter welfare rules to a growing foster care load. The state agency overseeing those programs backed those same...
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Kansas foster care contractors will now be paying a financial price for kids sleeping in their offices. The plan was made public Friday during a meeting…
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The alleged rape of a 13-year-old girl while she was waiting for a foster care placement in May has many asking about consequences for the contractor,...
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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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A restructuring of how Kansas hires agencies to manage foster care and adoptions could allow widespread exclusion of placements with gay parents — a...