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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.
Kansas was the first state to privatize most elements of the child welfare system, and both DCF and its contractors have frequently faced public criticism in the Statehouse from legislators and ...
Phyllis Lee Gilmore (February 4, 1945–January 24, 2021) was an American politician. She served as a member of the Kansas House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999, and as head of the Kansas Department for Children and Families from 2012 to 2017.
The Kansas Department for Children and Families investigated reports about Zoey Felix's living conditions six times. The 5-year-old was raped and killed Oct. 2.
The Kansas Department for Children and Families confirmed a litigation hold is in place after a photo on social media showed the agency isn't shredding documents at the direction of Attorney ...
KVC Health Systems, Inc. (KVC) is a private, nonprofit child welfare and behavioral healthcare organization. When Kansas became the first U.S. state to privatize its child welfare services in 1996, it selected KVC to be one of the nonprofit service providers.
Two days after homeless Topeka 5-year-old Zoey Felix was killed, DCF secretary Laura Howard said she legally can't talk about the case in public.
Kansas is named after the Kansas River, in turn named after the Kansa people. Its capital is Topeka, and its most populous city is Wichita; however, the largest urban area is the bi-state Kansas City metropolitan area split between Kansas and Missouri. For thousands of years, what is now Kansas was home to numerous and diverse Indigenous tribes.