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All posts tagged "Kansas"
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569NewsKansas foster care compliance report raises concern with ‘sleep-only’ placement of children
Why is holding foster children in offices, motels and other unsuitable locations still happening?
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3.3KGrantsKansas school childhood health program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Health, Child Welfare, Physical Activity, Childhood Obesity, Nutrition, Education | Amount: Up to $2,000 | Deadline: Oct. 31, 2024
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874NewsKansas public schools relying on blueprint for literacy to build reading skills
Kansas law now mandates implementation of evidence-based reading science strategies to increase reading skills.
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1.8K► NewsmakersDeAngela Burns-Wallace named president and CEO of the Kauffman Foundation
DeAngela Burns-Wallace succeeded interim president Susan Chambers.
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2.0KNewsFive years in with millions unclaimed, is Family First helping kids and families yet?
The Family First Prevention Services Act aims to keep families together, whenever possible.
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654NewsKansas plan keeping low wages for disabled angers advocates
Critics argue that below-minimum-wage jobs exploit workers and don't foster independence.
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1.3KNews‘From crisis to death’: Probing teen’s last, desperate hours
Y'all here to protect me," the youth asked the officers, beseechingly. "Right?" The 17-year-old's foster father, unable to deal with a teen...
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1.1KNewsTask force finds inconsistencies in police story of detained teen’s death
A community task force reviewing the death of a Black teenager who was restrained for more than 30 minutes at a Kansas...
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1.5KNewsVideo shows struggle before foster teen’s death in custody
Surveillance video shows a Black 17-year-old struggling with staff at a Wichita juvenile center last fall before he died after he was...
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Kansas Governor Signs Welfare Measure Named for Murdered Boy
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas' child welfare department and law enforcement officers soon will be required to visually observe a child when...
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1.1KGrantsKS Health Nonprofit COVID Response and Recovery Grants
GRANT FOCUS: COVID-19, Health, Healthcare, Nonprofits, Public Health, Kansas | Amount: Up to $25,000 | Deadline: Aug. 31, 2020
