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 the state struggles to ensure the safety ...
In December, a Kansas judge ordered reunification for the "Hunger Strike Dad" and his children. That hasn't happened. Though Raymond and Amelia Schwab have done everything the court has ordered them to do, they say that the Kansas Department of Children and Families (DCF) has "sabotaged the...
Kansas DCF Reaches Settlement in Lawsuit over Beating Death of 4- Year-Old BoyThe Kansas Department for Children and Families has reached asettlement in a federal lawsuit...Shorman, Jonathan
Kansas Department for Children & Families(DCF: child & vulnerable adult abuse/neglect reporting) 1-800-922-5330 Missouri Department of Social Services Children’s Division(child abuse/neglect reporting) 1-800-392-3738 Missouri Department of Health & Senior ServicesAdult Abuse & Neglect Hotline 1-8...
Teske is currently a caregiver at GoodLife, which provides services for people with disabilities. She previously interned with Adult Protective Services at the Kansas Department for Children and Families, was an organizer for the Kansas Coordinated Campaign with the state Democratic party, an...
(CINC) proceeding. Sections 2 and 3 would amend the Revised CINC Code and the Juvenile Code to require that if a child, juvenile, or juvenile offender is eligible for services from the Department for Children and Families (DCF), the Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC), or the Judicial ...
week, be looking for work or enroll in job training. The new law also includes a much-criticized provision shortening the lifetime cap on cash assistance to 36 months from 48 months, although the state Department for Children and Families said recipients rarely bump up against the lower limit...
Urban Preparatory Academyin Wichita provides alternative educational opportunities for children from low-income and working-class families. Most students use the state’s low-income tax-credit scholarship program to attend the small private school. ...
Judge Asks Agency If Kansas Is Going to Require Foster Parents to Be MarriedRumors that the Department for Children and Families could soonrequire foster parents to be...Shorman, Jonathan
2019 and assigned to the Senate Judiciary Committee for hearing. The bill would provide exceptions to confidentiality in the event of a child death while in the care of the state allowing legislators and legislative committees with authority over the Department of Children and Families access to th...