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Kansas Foster Care Providers Say They've Gotten Better, But Critics Say They Need To Do Better


Originally published on February 16, 2021 6:03 pm
The long-troubled foster care system in Kansas got hit with yet another complication over the last year.
Pandemic complications came on top of ongoing fixes mandated by a class-action settlement and simmering pressure to find more homes for children in crisis.
The state’s foster care providers are also navigating the terms of a legal settlement finalized early this year. The agreement is the result of a class-action lawsuit filed against the state by child welfare advocates who alleged the state had violated foster children’s rights by housing them in offices and hotels, moving them between different homes too often and not providing mental health treatment quickly enough. ....

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Child welfare contractor spent $80K on Cubs tickets


Child welfare contractor spent $80K on Cubs tickets
December 17, 2020 GMT
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) A cash-strapped Kansas foster care contractor that struggles to pay its bills and is under investigation for falsifying documents spent $80,000 on tickets to see the Chicago Cubs, owned by the family of Nebraska’s governor, as it sought new business in that state, according to a whistleblower report.
St. Francis Ministries bought the tickets in 2019, including $65,000 worth of playoff tickets that it expected to be refunded for because the Cubs didn’t make the playoffs. That same year, the agency was awarded a $197 million, five-year contract from the state of Nebraska to oversee the care of abused and neglected children in Douglas and Sarpy Counties in the Omaha area. ....

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