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Kansas DCF has new child support vendors as collections remain low
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The management of one of Emporiaâs newest apartment complexes is hoping to provide younger special-needs women the opportunity to reclaim their independence in a comfortable and secure environment.
Located at 1005 Constitution St., âCharis Placeâ has been under constant renovation since founders Matthew and Brenda Shepherd began their mission of transforming the former Alpha Kappa Lambda fraternity house into a residential community in May. Currently, the complex hosts three tenants with more expected soon thanks to the recent furnishing of two additional rooms.
âCharis is one of the three main Graces in Greek mythology,â Matthew Shepherd said. âShe stands for hope, charity and kindness. The goal of this entire project is to create an environment that facilitates those attitudes and feelings of caring, support and kindness, so thatâs how we settled on the name.
Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector
TOPEKA The privatized system in Kansas for handling child support payments to 140,000 children suffers from Byzantine complexity perplexing to employees and the public, a laissez-faire approach to enforcement of support orders, and a computer network that should be a candidate for the scrap heap but isn’t because of high replacement costs.
The child support program overseen by the Kansas Department for Children and Families and operated by a collection of private contractors hired by the state was placed under the microscope of Midwest Evaluation and Research, an Emporia consulting firm. The independent evaluator was hired by DCF to review accountability and effectiveness of the privatized system in the context of Kansas’ performance on key metrics and with knowledge of persistent complaints about IT and communication shortcomings.