In the last month of Zoey Felix's short life, Kansas child welfare officials made seven attempts to contact her family. Five home visits, a letter and a phone call by child protective services in ...

TOPEKA, Kan. – The Kansas Department for Children and Families (DCF) has released the case summary of slain five-year-old Zoey Felix. Felix died Oct. 2 after Topeka police said she was raped. Mickel ...

TOPEKA, Kan. -- A Kansas grandmother is continuing her fight for changes within Kansas Department for Children and Families following the death of her grandson. Judy Conway spent Tuesday afternoon ...

TOPEKA, Kan. — The Kansas House passed a bill that would require more transparency from the Kansas Department for Children and Families. The bill passed unanimously Thursday morning. HB 336 would ...

UPDATE AFTER KMBC9 NEWS REQUESTED RECORDS FROM THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WE LEARN TODAY. THERE IS A 533 PAGE CASE FILE FOR OLIVIA JANSEN THAT DCF PRODUCED FOR THE COURT. IT’S ...

A dozen years after lawmakers mandated the Kansas Department for Children and Families produce annual statistics on child sex abuse reports from abortion providers, legislators will finally see what ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Kansas Department for Children and Families (DCF) is using $11.5 million of its funding for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) to launch the 2Gen Kansas program. DCF ...

KANSAS (KSNT) – The Kansas Department for Children and Families (DCF) announced on Friday that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits are being restored. On Friday, Nov. 7, DCF ...

The state's top child welfare official said she legally cannot talk in public about the homeless Topeka 5-year-old who police say was raped and killed earlier this week. "There's a very tragic murder ...

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly announced a sweeping reorganization Wednesday of the state departments that administer foster care, mental health hospitals and services for troubled juveniles — consolidating ...

Child welfare workers investigating abuse and neglect are supposed to carry a maximum caseload of about 15. But in the Kansas City area, workers for the Kansas Department for Children and Families ...

The Kansas agency in charge of child welfare failed to meet 16 standards for keeping children safe and giving them a stable home over the past year. The Department for Children and Families this week ...