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A foster child was sexually assaulted while left unattended in 2018. Now, the state and its private contractor are settling in court.
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The Department for Children and Families is reviewing adoption subsidies in search of a design that’s better at encouraging adoption.
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Foster agencies have spent years trying to prevent children from sleeping in offices and bouncing between foster homes, but the problems continue.
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Rural foster parents have the same struggles all rural Kansans do, but more legal deadlines adds additional stressors in their life.
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The state will help older foster youth who are aging out of care find families that will last beyond foster care.
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The child reportedly had a medical condition, but authorities haven't released many details.
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The Lakeside Academy was set to close, but the company Successful Dreams has reportedly stepped in to save it
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Authorities found the child’s partial remains in November 2015 in a barn and concluded he had died of starvation. His body had been fed to pigs.
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Black children are overrepresented in the foster care system, and that has created a demand for more Black foster parents to give kids a more familiar environment after being taken from their biological families.
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Proposed legislation could make the child abuse investigation process more uniform in Kansas in hopes of better uncovering injuries.
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Kinship placements can be a better option than a licensed foster home, but kinship parents say they need more support
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Gov. Laura Kelly created the Division of the Child Advocate after lawmakers failed to do so.