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Settlement agreement to improve conditions for Kansas children in foster care Featured
A federal judge has approved a settlement agreement that should improve conditions for foster children across Kansas.
McIntyre v. Howard was filed in November 2018 by Kansas Appleseed, the National Center for Youth Law, Childrens Rights and Lori Burns-Bucklew against DCF, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services. Kansas Appleseed Director Jami Reever tells KVOE News the settlement should improve conditions for foster children. She says the current system is broken and hasn t been serving the best interests of children for years.
Plumb Place, which has served as a shelter for women since 1921, is closing its doors at the end of the year.
The Plumb Place Board of Directors confirmed the news in a written release sent to The Gazette, Friday afternoon.
There were 11 women living in the house through the pandemic. Residents were given notice Dec. 1.
âIt is with sincere regret that Plumb Place will close on Dec. 31, 2020, due to insolvency, which resulted from loss of grant funding and the inability to secure additional funding,â the board said.
Plumb Place has publicly struggled with funding since Aug. 2018 when the alleged theft of more than $51,000 by a former staff member was being investigated by the Emporia Police Department. According to the report filed July 9, 2018 with the police department, a loss of $51,362 was reported between Jan. 1, 2014, and April 30, 2017. A discrepancy in the shelterâs financial reports was initially discovered by board members in June 2017, and at that time, t