Tuesday, November 20, 2018

‘Stripped bare’: Next Kansas governor will inherit troubled child welfare system

Missing children, too few beds, outdated technology: Kansas Gov-elect Laura Kelly will inherit a struggling child welfare system that officials have been trying to fix for years.

A class action lawsuit filed in federal court on Friday alleges that children have been treated so poorly that they have suffered mentally or run away from foster homes. They have been trafficked for sex, sexually abused inside adoptive homes or, in one instance, reportedly raped inside a child welfare office.

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