For tens of thousands of endangered children, foster care has become a trap door rather than the safety net they need to help them succeed. In particular, federal financing policies have favored foster care over other child welfare approaches, leading states to overuse foster care to the detriment of children who could be adopted or whose families could be rehabilitated. Congress should give states more flexibility in how they can use federal funding and stop providing foster care funding on a per capita basis, which promotes this dependence. States should refocus on achieving the best outcomes for children. Among other approaches, state agencies should work with private-sector agencies and faith-based networks to find adoptive parents and guardians for children languishing in foster care.
Fire breaks out at an unsanctioned homeless camp in Lawrence. a child was killed when a car crashed into a gas pump in Derby. a teenager gets probation for shooting at pedestrians in downtown Lawrence. and another train derails in Kansas, this time in Woodson County. Those stories and more. here.
1971 und 1972 waren die Schwimmerinnen und Schwimmer des SV Würzburg 05 auf nationaler Ebene das Maß aller Dinge. Alle zehn Jahre trifft man sich und schwelgt in Erinnerungen.