An extraordinarily damning class-action lawsuit that has just been filed in Kansas alleges that the state’s foster care system is so broken that children are functionally homeless and in near-constant mental health crises.
The grim state of Kansas’ system received statewide attention recently when a 13-year-old girl was reportedly raped while she was staying overnight in one of the state’s child welfare agency offices. According to the lawsuit, this is not uncommon. Children in foster care in Kansas are routinely housed in office conference rooms, hospitals, and other nonstandard housing situations because Kansas lacks adequate housing resources for the foster care population. Partly because of that, children are moved from one place to another, sometimes as often as every night. This extreme transience doesn’t just destabilize the home life of these children. It also destabilizes their mental health.
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