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The private nonprofits that run foster care in the state say they've risen to the challenge of caring for children during the pandemic and meeting the terms of a class-action lawsuit settlement. But child welfare advocates say there's plenty of room for improvement.
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Saint Francis Ministries is required to submit a business plan to the state by March 1 and will need to share other financial information on a regular basis.
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Kinship families, who take in foster children who are related to them, are more likely to lack computers and other tools needed for online learning, say foster care agencies.
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Inspectors snapped photos of boarded-up windows, beds without proper bedding and nails poking out of boards where children walk or play.
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The settlement ends a court fight that began in late 2018, and will require the state to better track foster children in its care.
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Foster families have faced extra challenges during the pandemic.
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TOPEKA, Kansas — The same kids who end up in trouble with the law often come from families in disarray.Those families, in turn, regularly turn to the…
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TOPEKA, Kansas — Natalie Zarate entered state custody when she was 11 years old, removed from a physically abusive mother and placed in a group home for…
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Nathan Ross on Friday told the leaders of Kansas child advocacy groups the story of watching his mother kill two brothers, then urged the groups to work…
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A Kansas woman who was sex trafficked as a minor and later convicted of felony sex crimes should not receive a pardon from Gov. Laura Kelly, a panel…
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Holes punched in walls. Car headlights smashed. Windows broken. Weapons, threats, sexual comments. Children who can’t live with other children. Children…
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The foster kid is a 17-year-old boy who was kicked out of his home when he was 10, started using drugs by 13, and in five years is expected to be in…