Kansas

Part 1 of an Imprint series reveals spotty enforcement of federal requirements to monitor psychotropic prescriptions for foster youth.

In Minnesota, youth advocates want to end the practice of child welfare agencies using foster youths' federal benefits to pay for their care.

The SOUL Family approach to permanency should be recognized as a viable permanency option, says Congressional intern Shyeonna Robinson.

A new Kansas law allows some youth to leave their juvenile facility so they can take part in apprenticeships or attend college in person. 

Older youth in Kansas foster care will have a new path to permanency available to them after passage of a bill codifying the SOUL Family concept

Federal officials are calling on states to eliminate juvenile justice-related fines and fees charged to families.

Four mobile mental health crisis teams will soon respond to 911 calls in Wichita. a reform recommended after the 2021 death of Cedric Lofton. 

A federal grand jury indicted two former officials of a major Kansas foster care contractor on alleged financial crimes.

Jesse Hahnel, longtime executive director of the National Center for Youth Law, is leaving the Oakland-based organization.