APNewsBreak: Kansas again keeping foster kids in offices

 


TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Abused and neglected children are again sleeping overnight in the offices of Kansas foster care contractors because homes cannot be found for them quickly enough.

Since January, when Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly took office, more than 70 children have been kept overnight in the offices of the two nonprofit agencies providing foster care services. Her Republican predecessor's administration kept children from sleeping in offices during its final months after threatening publicly to fine contractors — a threat Kelly's administration has dropped.

The state Department for...



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