Felix’s death had child welfare advocates asking why the state didn’t remove the girl from a dangerous environment, and Slusser told reporters Friday that had the state done that, “Zoey would still be here.” Kansas’ child welfare department reported that it investigated the family five tim...
Kansas' child welfare department reported that itinvestigated the family five timesin the last 13 months of Felix’s life but couldn’t confirm allegations of neglect or drug use by her mother, including after she was arrested for driving drunk with the ...
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 ...
photo by:Blaise Mesa/Kansas News Service Department for Children and Families Secretary Laura Howard speaking to lawmakers. TOPEKA — Two separate audits of the Kansas foster care system have found troubling trends in child welfare. A federal review found ...
But Kelly told reporters Wednesday at the Statehouse that the issue wasn’t the potential damages in a lawsuit but the litigation distracting it from “the mission at hand” of improving the child welfare system. “It really had to do with wanting to ...
Visit the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services (SRS) online assessment page (see Resources). Enter details about your household to determine your eligibility. Questions include details on the number of children in your household, persons with disabilities, family members over age 65...
This bill was introduced on January 17, 2023 through the House Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care. It would require a referral of a victim of alleged child abuse or neglect for an examination as part of an investigation, creating a program in the department of health and environment ...
Georgia lawmakers could order agencies to broadly share education, child welfare and juvenile court records after four people were shot and killed at Apalachee High School in September Associated PressJan. 10, 2025 Federal Probe of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Says 'No Avenue' for...
The suit said the director instructed subordinates not to report their concerns to the state child welfare agency. However, when the parents raised concerns, a district employee reported them to the agency, citing abuse and neglect concerns, the suit said. ...
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 whe...