Reports on the managed care initiative for child welfare in Kansas. Funding for the initiative; Remarks of mental health executives regarding the sufficiency of funds for the program; Mental health needs of children in foster care system; Concern about the long-term results of the child welfare ...
former Rhode Island high school basketball coach not guilty of second-degree child molestation and second-degree sexual assault after he spent decades asking hundreds of male student-athletes if they were “shy or not shy” before asking them to get naked so he could their check their body ...
The state must have fewer than six placement moves per child every 1,000 days to comply with the lawsuit. The end goal is fewer than 4.4 moves. That means foster kids, on average, cannot live in more than six different homes in any 1,000-day...
She also had a son. And some denial about her dependence on drugs, how she’d take a hit of something to deal with the stress about her grandmother catching COVID-19, the fact that she was homeless or that child welfare officials had an open case on whet...
Kansas-based child welfare group to meet colleaguesDawn Miller
doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2004.02.020Unruh, Jennifer K.; Hodgkin, Dominic (2004): "The Role of Contract Design in Privatization of Child Welfare Services: the Kansas Experience", in: Children and Youth Services Review, 26. 771- 783.
Child-serving agency's offering of full-time psychiatric care and other services in regions designated for the state managed care project; Advantages of bringing managed care into state custody.EBSCO_AspMental Health Weekly
Tiny Little Shoes: The Privatization of Child Welfare Services in Kansasworked well, it [was] marked by constant See Testimony as to the Impact of Privatization POSSIBLESOLUTIONS A. Litigation 1. Choosing the Appropriate Cause of Action: Suit Under Section 1983 state and its contract providers ...
It was billed as the grand experiment in privatizing child welfare.Kansas would bid out adoption, foster care, and other services to private companies. They'd be paid a lump sum for each child. It was up to them to figure out how to deal with the caseload.But somewhere between idea and...
Managed Child Welfare: Kansas Breaks New Ground.(for Youthville Inc. and the KanCare Service Center)Smith, Robert