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...
The report by the state Department for Children and Families said in one case, the agency confirmed that the mother wasn’t properly supervising Zoey Felix, but the girl was placed with her father and because of that, “No safety concerns were identified.” Afte...
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
services are managed by two agencies: the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, which handles medical-related benefits such as Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and the Department for Children and Families, which handles food, cash, energy and childcare assistance....
Kansas Department for Children and Families officials said that it's difficult to track how often cash assistance is used for items on the state's new list because recipients can use their benefits cards to obtain cash. The law will limit ATM withdrawals of cash assistance to $25 a day. ...
It was founded in 2002 and is based in Phoenix, Arizona. A Arizona Department of Economic Security The Arizona Department of Economic Security is a government entity focused on providing support and assistance to individuals and families in need across various sectors including basic needs, ...
of HUD for housing, who make use of SNAP and WIC, so our children and our families in our communities can be fed. All of these things are so important. And it is so heavy going to and from my office and meeting with federal employees and people who are affected by these programs. ...
The number of families was given as 345,056, and the average number of persons in family 4.47. Of the foreign population there were born in Germany 43,124; Sweden, Norway, and Denmark 17,929; Great Britain 16,815; Russia 11,535; Ireland 8958; British-America 7444; Southern Europe ...
Local Investment Commission - A collaboration to improve the lives of children and families in Kansas City and Jackson County. Mid American Assistance Coalition - MAAC is helping make a complex social service system efficient and accessible Midwest Association of Administrative Nursing Supervisors - Adv...
“There are a number of our veterans and certainly families of our veterans, or of our deceased, who would be eligible, and that would make a tremendous difference in their lives and the lives of their children,” she told Kansas Reflector. ...