Tag: foster care
TOPEKA — Adrian Jones’ grandmother believes he would still be alive if there had been an Office of the Child Advocate in place when he pleaded for relief from unimaginable torture. The Kansas Department for…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Child welfare advocates in Kansas are pushing for an independent agency to monitor the state’s troubled foster care system. The nonprofit advocacy group Kansas Appleseed, with support from some lawmakers, wants…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ foster care homes have not been meeting health and safety requirements, even though state inspectors visited regularly, federal inspectors found in an audit. Foster care children have been living…
LAWRENCE — The state of Kansas has settled a class-action lawsuit with attorneys who represent Kansas foster children. Advocates sued the state in November 2018, arguing Kansas was not providing enough mental health care and…
The Topeka Capital-Journal published a stunning story this week on foster care in Kansas. It begs the question: Why hasn’t the legislature prioritized foster care oversight and reform in the last decade? From 2016 to…
Holes punched in walls. Car headlights smashed. Windows broken. Weapons, threats, sexual comments. Children who cant live with other children. Children whom foster parents wont take in. Children who arent able to get the mental…
Holes punched in walls. Car headlights smashed. Windows broken. Weapons, threats, sexual comments. Children who cant live with other children. Children whom foster parents wont take in. Children who arent able to get the mental…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Child welfare advocates in Kansas who spent more than a year examining the states troubled foster care system are frustrated with what they see as the Legislatures lack of action on…
A family tradition continues this year with the KVC Angel Tree set up in the Bank of Gas. There, donors can find ornaments affixed with the names and wish lists of youngsters within KVCs foster…
Its not a stretch to say members of the Allen County District Court recently experienced one of the happiest hearings of their lives. For once, all parties received a positive verdict. The occasion was National…
