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Senate Bill 115 would establish an Office of the Child Advocate as an independent state agency. Lawmakers on Thursday passed the bill 117-3 in the House and 36-3 in the Senate, and Gov. Laura ...
A Wichita daycare provider whose license was suspended earlier this month after she allegedly forced one of her foster children to sit in a hot bath has been formally charged with two counts of ...
The 29-year-old Wichita woman, who operated His Loving Hands Home Childcare at 357 North Erie, admitted to smacking the child on the back, causing bruising, and “making (the child) sit in a hot ...
A children's ombudsman, children's commissioner, youth commissioner, child advocate, children's commission, youth ombudsman or equivalent body is a public authority in various countries charged with the protection and promotion of the rights of children and young people, either in society at large, or in specific categories such as children in contact with the care system.
The Kansas Department for Children and Families (formerly the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services) is a state agency in Kansas, responsible for the delivery of social services to those in need of them. [4] The agency was founded in 1973, and it is currently headed by Laura Howard.
Child advocacy centers (CAC) provide a child-friendly, safe and neutral location in which law enforcement and Child Protective Services investigators may conduct and observe forensic interviews with children who are alleged victims of crimes, and where the child and non-offending family members receive support, crisis intervention and referrals for mental health and medical treatment.
All seats were full in 78 th District Court Friday when a Wichita Falls pastor was formally sentenced to a lengthy prison term for six counts of indecency with a child.. Ronnie Allen Killingsworth ...
Children's Healthcare Is a Legal Duty (CHILD) was from 1983 to 2017 an American nonprofit membership organization that worked to stop child abuse and neglect based on religious beliefs, cultural traditions, and quackery. CHILD opposed religious exemptions from child health and safety laws. These exemptions have been used as a defense in ...