Advocates: Child Welfare Crisis is Not a Priority
It was a rough week for CYFD. Already in the hot seat before exasperated legislators, the Children, Youth and Families Department was in the public eye again.
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It was a rough week for CYFD. Already in the hot seat before exasperated legislators, the Children, Youth and Families Department was in the public eye again.
A letter states the agency must respond to "a crisis that threatens children’s safety and compels new, urgent, barrier-breaking activity."
“We hope that DCF begins to act with a greater sense of urgency,” said the deputy legal director for Children’s Rights. “There really are foster children who are losing their childhoods to the system.”
Kansas continues to fail kids in foster care, with children still sleeping in offices and others being moved to too many homes, a newly-released report said. More kids in care
Kansas continues to fail kids in foster care, with children still sleeping in offices and others being moved to too many homes, a newly-released report said. More kids in care