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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.
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Years after preliminary guidance from the Kansas Department for Children and Families, the state has made no progress in requiring that LGBTQ foster children are placed "in homes that respect their identities."
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The Department for Children and Families says it works to make sure gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender foster children end up in welcoming homes, but nothing in state law requires special consideration.