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Despite Kansas foster care system struggles, same contractors bid to offer services
The Topeka Capital-Journal via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe multimillion dollar contracts to offer foster care, adoption and other services will likely...
GOP Kansas lawmaker calls on state to halt work with foster care contractor
The Topeka Capital-Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA top Republican on child welfare issues called on the state to end its dealings with Cornerstones...
Kansas keeps its four DCF foster care contractors, adds a fifth to serve Wichita
The Topeka Capital-Journal via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe Kansas Department for Children and Families is sticking with its four existing contractors for...
Kansas becomes first state to let teens in foster care choose legal guardian, family
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 1 month agoKansas teens aging out of the state’s foster care system are now able to choose a primary legal...
Kansas to allow foster care teens to choose, form legal mentor relationships with trusted adults
Kansas Reflector via Yahoo News· 2 months agoGov. Laura Kelly signs bipartisan bill granting 16-and-older foster care enrollees the option of...
Kansas is the first in the nation to enact this 'significant improvement' to foster care
The Topeka Capital-Journal via Yahoo News· 1 month agoKansas is the first state in the country to enact a new type of permanency for youths in foster care...
Kansas foster care contractor investigated before 2022 death of teen who ran from care
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 11 months agoTwo lawsuits also allege that Cornerstones of Care and the Kansas Department for Children and...
Former foster kids relived trauma, fought for new program and compelled Kansas lawmakers to act
Kansas Reflector via Yahoo News· 1 month agoTOPEKA — Two years ago, Alexandria Ware and other alumni of the Kansas foster care system met with...
New option for Foster Care will soon start in Kansas
KSNT Topeka via Yahoo News· 1 week agoTOPEKA (KSNT) – A new Kansas law is paving the way for new options for foster care children, and it is set to go into effect this month. This new...
Lawsuit says 4-year-old was injured in care of Kansas foster care contractor KVC
Kansas City Star McClatchy Articles via AOL· 1 year agoA child welfare organization, which has contracts with the state to provide foster care, is accused...