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With increased rates of children in the foster care system sleeping in offices and social workers spending their time “shuttling kids” from place to place, advocates say lawmakers and government officials need to step up before the state faces another lawsuit.
Legislators took an opportunity this week to shift pressure to the state's child advocate on how to handle Kansas's beleaguered foster care program. Lawmakers are wary of giving the child welfare system oversight to Gov. Laura Kelly's office. TOPEKA With increased rates of children in the foste