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New mental health response contract in effect for Kansas

TOPKEA (KSNT) - Officials with the Kansas Department for Children and Families (DCF) announced a new partnership with a mental health nonprofit Thursday. On Oct. 22, the DCF announ...

'A lot of instability': New report shows Kansas foster care system still in need of major improvements

TOPEKA (KSNT) — After a 2018 lawsuit sparked a battle to fix the Kansas foster care system, a new report indicates that more work needs to be done. The Center for the Study of Soci...

DCFS and Woman's Hospital expand Baton Rouge partnership for newborn family support

BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services and Woman's Hospital are expanding their partnership to provide more coordinated support to familie...

WV DoHS launches online tool to support foster and kinship families

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) -- The West Virginia Department of Human Services (DoHS) has launched an online tool to help foster and kinship families find the resources they need. The...

Deadline nears for Kansans to apply for one-time $120 benefit per child

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Kansans are running out of time to apply for a statewide program designed to help families cover food costs for children in the summer. The Kansas Department for Ch...

'We see things we cannot unsee': Indiana Department of Child Services pushes for state to designate frontline workers as...

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Child Services provided an update to a legislative panel on Tuesday regarding the number of child fatalities last year. DCS told lawmakers...

Foster care official says Kansas should be ‘laser focused’ on Wichita’s placement crisis

TOPEKA — Kansas’s top foster care official said the state should be “laser focused” on Wichita to improve a youth placement measure that has consistently fallen short of court-orde...

Report: Kansas fails to meet housing, mental health needs of vulnerable children in foster care

An independent third-party organization offers the 2025 annual assessment of Kansas' foster care system in light of a court-ordered settlement of a lawsuit.

Nebraska hits trifecta in federal grant awards for child welfare system 

LINCOLN — Nebraska’s Department of Health and Human Services has been selected to receive nearly $1.5 million in federal grants intended to modernize the child welfare system. The...

'We see things we cannot unsee': Indiana Department of Child Services pushes for state to designate frontline workers as...

The Indiana Department of Child Services provided an update to a legislative panel on Tuesday regarding the number of child fatalities last year.

Milwaukee couple adopts four children after eight years as foster parents

Nebraskans describe frustration with state handling of childcare subsidy

OMAHA — Josh Wigginton and his wife each went to work Friday. One dropped off daughter Nayeli at their childcare center, which transports the 7-year-old to school and back. The oth...

WATCH: DCYF defends redacting daycare names but lawmaker calls it "unbelievable"

(The Center Square) - The Washington Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) is defending a decision to redact the names of home preschool and daycare providers receiving...

New report on child welfare finds Oregon keeping more kids with family instead of foster care

In recent months, Oregon has been placing foster children with their relatives at rates higher than the nationwide average, a state report found. The post New report on child welfa...

2une In Previews: DCFS hosting event helping faith leaders support foster children

BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services is hosting an event that seeks to help faith leaders support children in the foster care system.&am...

Governor’s Council on Domestic Abuse

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Guidance: Guidance for Service personnel and their families on child welfare policies

Information and guidance on policies that are relevant to Service personnel and their families.

Keralam to conduct Statewide child vulnerability mapping

Meeting decides that Women and Child Development Officers in districts will be fully responsible for ensuring children’s safety and rehabilitation.

Kansas lawmakers question KOEC over childcare shortage

TOPEKA (KSNT) - Kansas lawmakers are trying to address the state's ongoing childcare shortage and are putting a spotlight on one state agency. Lawmakers are pointing fingers at the...

Parents say the state took their trans kid because they denied his gender. The truth is far darker.

State Gov. Maura Healey (D) helped set the record straight.

DHS reviewing cases of man arrested in CSAM investigation

JONESBORO — The Arkansas Division of Children and Family Services is reviewing cases involving a former employee who was arrested this week on suspicion of 44 counts of possession...

Governor Kehoe signs Executive Order establishing Missouri Child Welfare Task Force

The Task Force was directed to propose unified set of standards and protocols aimed at further improving child welfare safety.

Catholic Charities celebrates new Family Support Center in Topeka

TOPEKA (KSNT) - Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas celebrated its new Family Support Center in Topeka with a community open house Friday. The center, located at 245 SW MacVicar...

Kids With Disabilities Have Limited Childcare Options. State Plan Offers Solutions

Parents say they receive limited information as they navigate childcare, pre-K and support services for their children with disabilities. A strategic plan lays out a roadmap to inc...