foster care

Foster families have faced extra challenges during the pandemic.

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…

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…

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…

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…

Holes punched in walls. Car headlights smashed. Windows broken. Weapons, threats, sexual comments. Children who can’t live with other children. Children…

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…

Updated Nov. 15 with statement from the governor: Attorneys for Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly have asked a federal court to remove her from a class-action…

Parents of kids who are in the Kansas foster care system described it Saturday as chaotic, deceptive and traumatizing to children.About two dozen people…

From cries of heartbreak to a call for the prosecution of men who pay for sex with girls, Kansas lawmakers said the story of Hope Zeferjohn, a teen victim…

At first, they wanted to save her.Then, after she fled the Kansas foster care system at age 16 and fell victim to the commercial sex trade, social workers…

Segment 1: Some survivors of sex trafficking in Kansas recieve prison sentences rather than support.The story of Hope Zeferjohn highlights a problem in…