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New Report Slams Kansas Foster Care System
March 25, 2010
OVERLAND PARK, KAN - There are calls for change in the way the Kansas foster care system operates after a new report issued this week pointed out some major flaws in the system. But some people fear that because of the budget crisis griping the state, change to the system will never come.
The foster care system in Kansas has been privatized since 1996. But according to the report from the Joint Legislative Committee on Children's Issues, the system is deeply flawed because private contractors are financially rewarded for keeping children in foster care and not for reuniting families.
FOX 4's Tess Koppelman is Working for You with more on this story.
| Michael | The foster care system is severely flawed not only in Kansas but throughout the country. How many times does Child Protective Services need to be sued for our government to do something about this organization. How we allow child laundering in the United States is unfathomable to me but we all know it is about money. That's all this country is. |
| Another Grandmother | Thank you for bringing this to the public eye. Parents and grandparents who have children in the foster care system are bullied into keeping quiet. Are the places that profit from children really expected to 'police' themselves knowing returning children home causes them to lose money? This is insane that in this day and age companies are allowed to profit off of children in this manner. Yes, a judge 'oversees' the cases, but it is usually months before parents/grandparents have their actual 'day in court'. Meanwhile, private companies make major profit off of keeping the children in foster care. This must be investigated! |
| Im weird too at work | The same thing happen in cass county Mo. The family councilers are a part of the private foster care system and advise the DFS and courts about where the children should stay. It's a racket and the kids lose. The cass county system is so brolen the judge has little power over the day to day stuff. the Attourney at lidem covers for the DFS incompateince and they judges orders are never followed. |
| sarah | Two thumbs up for Tess for having the guts to report something that has haunted families in Kansas for 13 years, but no one had the guts to report it. SRS and the private contractors have quotas. When they are finished wringing every last drop of blood money from these families they are currently persecuting, then they will have to go on to other innocent loving families who have never abused their children but just run onto hard times. It could be your direct family or a friend or a neighbor or your grandchildren next. Vote out these caree politicians who only vote where the money is and the deep pockets of the private contractors. If you do nothing to stop this now, you will have no reason to complain when they come after your children for the federal funds. They will drug your children to make them more manageable in foster care and also this makes them "special needs" childlren for even more federal funds. And these children never needed mood altering drugs when they were in their homes. Talk to the caseworkers who used to work for SRS and private contractors. They couldn't watch the persecution of these children anymore and got out but are afraid to say anything. "Hitler would be proud". Tess, we are so proud of you!!! Keep going, for the children. |
| cps and corruption | cps is the most corruption enity in the country,,they kidnap children from good home and all for the money,,,selling them into child sex slavery,they get paid large amounts of money for taking the child and them even more for placing them into horrible foster care ,5-6000 for each child and 10,000 for adoption.....ect,,more than i can write, |
| Broken System | |Last year the national goal of reunification of a child with a parent or primary custodian was 48% |
| Broken System | Statistics show that Children are more likely to be harmed in foster care: |
| Broken System | The August 29, 2009 Kansas Post Legislative Audit has proven that: |
| Worthless Legislators | These legislators are worthless. They have spent millions of tax payer dollars year after year after year through their "audits" to cover up the violations of law against children and their families. |
| Shirley | I cannot believe the "BUDGET problems are OVERSHADOWING" the problems of these children and their families. As a Kansas taxpayer, that statement infuriates me! It will take years to make up for the devastation happening to this families. If the authorities know the "broken system" is causing these problems, inaction should be considered PREMEDITATED AND REPETITIVE ABUSE to these children and their families, and the justice system should not only return the children to their families, but they should also prosecute the administrators and contractors accordingly for these crimes against children and their families. Thank you Tess and Fox4 News for reporting this serious situation. We want to know the truth! Please continue to keep us updated. |
| Concerned Kansan | The legislators of Kansas refuse to do anything about the wrongful and illegal removal of children from parents that have done nothing wrong- many of these children are being phsyically, emotionally and sexually abused in foster care. |
| Bill Meyers | This is only the tip of the iceberg. The Courts are fully aware of how much money is made when SRS or KVC remove a child from a home. Many a child have been pulled from a home without due process. This needs to be fully investigated. They hide behind a screen of privacy to prevent others from seeing their mistakes. |
| Deanna | This is a mother who used to live in Johnson county, My 2 youngest |
| Molly | We need to stop the contracts and give the judges more rights on placing children in family placements. SRS and Kaw Valley have to much power and ruin peoples lives and even foster parents who find out they have family in foster care and try to get them placed in their licensed foster care home. The foster care system leaves a bad taste in peoples lives. |
| Bill Medvecky | Every single day, another child is murdered, raped and abused within a system that is supposed to be "Protecting" them. |
| Broken System | Parents are "unsubstantiated" and the case STILL continues. How can a CINC (Child in need of care) case continue if the parent is "unsubstantiated"? How is the state of Kansas able to receive federal funding (fraud)? "Unsubstantiated" means there is NO "clear and convincing evidence" of abuse by the parent. It doesn't matter if the parent is "unsubstantiated" at the beginning of the case or after the appeal hearing by the adminsitrative judge of law for the state of Kansas. CAPTA states that a parent has a right to question the "substantiation " and appeal it thru the state. NO "clear and convincing evidence" means that "the report is false" - "no services neeed" and "the case is CLOSED". When the judge of law for the state of Kansas submits that finding - why does the case continue?- there is no LEGAL finding for the case to continue. CAPTA doesn't say anything about the registry and the removal of the name. The appeal finding by the judge of law for the state of Kansas doesn't say anything about the name being removed from the SRS offender registry. Actually the finding by the Judge of law for the state of kansas says that it is a court order that is binding upon the court and SRS. NOTHING ABOUT REMOVING THE NAME FROM THE SRS REGISTRY. |
| Watching in Texas | The privatazation of child care really amounts to being able to sell children in KANSAS and other places in the USA. When are we going to learn that a for profit business does not have the children's BEST INTEREST at heart. The system is broken and corrupt. I am scared about this spreading across the country considering that Kathleen Sibelius is head of HHR. |
| Kids in Care | My kids are currently in care. It is a nightmare. I hope there is more awareness of the state LEGALY KIDNAPPING KIDS. Before they are removed, resources are to be exhausted and families should be given the help that they need. Only if there is CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE should kids ever be taken out of the home. Still after that, the court is supposed to give the families the opportunity to get their kids back. The minute SRS steps into a families life, WATCH OUT! SRS is not there to help. SRS wants to tear families apart. They have their own agenda. To make money off of kids. |
| grandchildren are loved | 2 hrs ago Great job, Tess. Keep these stories coming! These families cannot speak out because they are controlled by the private contractors and SRS with fear and intimidation. Retalliation is a huge weapon used by these agencies. Tess, you can be the voice for these families. Wish more reporters and TV station and newspapers had as much guts to "tell it like it is". Thank God for Fox 4 News, my news station from now on. |
| Absolutely true | One of our senators who was leading the charge to end corruption in child stealing has just been murdered, along with her husband. They were hero's in the fight against back room deals, breakins, and the unlawful taking of children to fill foster homes. They will be deeply missed. Senator Nancy Schaefer and husband were devout Christians who believed that suicide was the greatest sin of all. |
| Absolutely true | And politicians. As one myself who had her granddaughter stolen, I can tell you, it is true! DCF is no respector of persons. |
| 16 min ago The greatest commodity is OUR children. The State of Kansas and it's private Contractors, MHP's Guardian ad litem's et el, all profit highly from the blood of our children under the veil called 'best interest of the child'. |
| Michael | The foster care system is severely flawed not only in Kansas but throughout the country. How many times does Child Protective Services need to be sued for our government to do something about this organization. How we allow child laundering in the United States is unfathomable to me but we all know it is about money. That's all this country is. |
| Another Grandmother | Thank you for bringing this to the public eye. Parents and grandparents who have children in the foster care system are bullied into keeping quiet. Are the places that profit from children really expected to 'police' themselves knowing returning children home causes them to lose money? This is insane that in this day and age companies are allowed to profit off of children in this manner. Yes, a judge 'oversees' the cases, but it is usually months before parents/grandparents have their actual 'day in court'. Meanwhile, private companies make major profit off of keeping the children in foster care. This must be investigated! |
| Im weird too at work | The same thing happen in cass county Mo. The family councilers are a part of the private foster care system and advise the DFS and courts about where the children should stay. It's a racket and the kids lose. The cass county system is so brolen the judge has little power over the day to day stuff. the Attourney at lidem covers for the DFS incompateince and they judges orders are never followed. |
| sarah | Two thumbs up for Tess for having the guts to report something that has haunted families in Kansas for 13 years, but no one had the guts to report it. SRS and the private contractors have quotas. When they are finished wringing every last drop of blood money from these families they are currently persecuting, then they will have to go on to other innocent loving families who have never abused their children but just run onto hard times. It could be your direct family or a friend or a neighbor or your grandchildren next. Vote out these caree politicians who only vote where the money is and the deep pockets of the private contractors. If you do nothing to stop this now, you will have no reason to complain when they come after your children for the federal funds. They will drug your children to make them more manageable in foster care and also this makes them "special needs" childlren for even more federal funds. And these children never needed mood altering drugs when they were in their homes. Talk to the caseworkers who used to work for SRS and private contractors. They couldn't watch the persecution of these children anymore and got out but are afraid to say anything. "Hitler would be proud". Tess, we are so proud of you!!! Keep going, for the children. |
| cps and corruption | cps is the most corruption enity in the country,,they kidnap children from good home and all for the money,,,selling them into child sex slavery,they get paid large amounts of money for taking the child and them even more for placing them into horrible foster care ,5-6000 for each child and 10,000 for adoption.....ect,,more than i can write, |
| Broken System | |Last year the national goal of reunification of a child with a parent or primary custodian was 48% |
| Broken System | Statistics show that Children are more likely to be harmed in foster care: |
| Broken System | The August 29, 2009 Kansas Post Legislative Audit has proven that: |
| Worthless Legislators | These legislators are worthless. They have spent millions of tax payer dollars year after year after year through their "audits" to cover up the violations of law against children and their families. |
| Shirley | I cannot believe the "BUDGET problems are OVERSHADOWING" the problems of these children and their families. As a Kansas taxpayer, that statement infuriates me! It will take years to make up for the devastation happening to this families. If the authorities know the "broken system" is causing these problems, inaction should be considered PREMEDITATED AND REPETITIVE ABUSE to these children and their families, and the justice system should not only return the children to their families, but they should also prosecute the administrators and contractors accordingly for these crimes against children and their families. Thank you Tess and Fox4 News for reporting this serious situation. We want to know the truth! Please continue to keep us updated. |
| Concerned Kansan | The legislators of Kansas refuse to do anything about the wrongful and illegal removal of children from parents that have done nothing wrong- many of these children are being phsyically, emotionally and sexually abused in foster care. |
| Bill Meyers | This is only the tip of the iceberg. The Courts are fully aware of how much money is made when SRS or KVC remove a child from a home. Many a child have been pulled from a home without due process. This needs to be fully investigated. They hide behind a screen of privacy to prevent others from seeing their mistakes. |
| Deanna | This is a mother who used to live in Johnson county, My 2 youngest |
| Molly | We need to stop the contracts and give the judges more rights on placing children in family placements. SRS and Kaw Valley have to much power and ruin peoples lives and even foster parents who find out they have family in foster care and try to get them placed in their licensed foster care home. The foster care system leaves a bad taste in peoples lives. |
| Bill Medvecky | Every single day, another child is murdered, raped and abused within a system that is supposed to be "Protecting" them. |
| Broken System | Parents are "unsubstantiated" and the case STILL continues. How can a CINC (Child in need of care) case continue if the parent is "unsubstantiated"? How is the state of Kansas able to receive federal funding (fraud)? "Unsubstantiated" means there is NO "clear and convincing evidence" of abuse by the parent. It doesn't matter if the parent is "unsubstantiated" at the beginning of the case or after the appeal hearing by the adminsitrative judge of law for the state of Kansas. CAPTA states that a parent has a right to question the "substantiation " and appeal it thru the state. NO "clear and convincing evidence" means that "the report is false" - "no services neeed" and "the case is CLOSED". When the judge of law for the state of Kansas submits that finding - why does the case continue?- there is no LEGAL finding for the case to continue. CAPTA doesn't say anything about the registry and the removal of the name. The appeal finding by the judge of law for the state of Kansas doesn't say anything about the name being removed from the SRS offender registry. Actually the finding by the Judge of law for the state of kansas says that it is a court order that is binding upon the court and SRS. NOTHING ABOUT REMOVING THE NAME FROM THE SRS REGISTRY. |
| Watching in Texas | The privatazation of child care really amounts to being able to sell children in KANSAS and other places in the USA. When are we going to learn that a for profit business does not have the children's BEST INTEREST at heart. The system is broken and corrupt. I am scared about this spreading across the country considering that Kathleen Sibelius is head of HHR. |
| Kids in Care | My kids are currently in care. It is a nightmare. I hope there is more awareness of the state LEGALY KIDNAPPING KIDS. Before they are removed, resources are to be exhausted and families should be given the help that they need. Only if there is CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE should kids ever be taken out of the home. Still after that, the court is supposed to give the families the opportunity to get their kids back. The minute SRS steps into a families life, WATCH OUT! SRS is not there to help. SRS wants to tear families apart. They have their own agenda. To make money off of kids. |
| grandchildren are loved | 2 hrs ago Great job, Tess. Keep these stories coming! These families cannot speak out because they are controlled by the private contractors and SRS with fear and intimidation. Retalliation is a huge weapon used by these agencies. Tess, you can be the voice for these families. Wish more reporters and TV station and newspapers had as much guts to "tell it like it is". Thank God for Fox 4 News, my news station from now on. |
| Absolutely true | One of our senators who was leading the charge to end corruption in child stealing has just been murdered, along with her husband. They were hero's in the fight against back room deals, breakins, and the unlawful taking of children to fill foster homes. They will be deeply missed. Senator Nancy Schaefer and husband were devout Christians who believed that suicide was the greatest sin of all. |
| Absolutely true | And politicians. As one myself who had her granddaughter stolen, I can tell you, it is true! DCF is no respector of persons. |
| 16 min ago The greatest commodity is OUR children. The State of Kansas and it's private Contractors, MHP's Guardian ad litem's et el, all profit highly from the blood of our children under the veil called 'best interest of the child'. |
| Michael | The foster care system is severely flawed not only in Kansas but throughout the country. How many times does Child Protective Services need to be sued for our government to do something about this organization. How we allow child laundering in the United States is unfathomable to me but we all know it is about money. That's all this country is. |
| Another Grandmother | Thank you for bringing this to the public eye. Parents and grandparents who have children in the foster care system are bullied into keeping quiet. Are the places that profit from children really expected to 'police' themselves knowing returning children home causes them to lose money? This is insane that in this day and age companies are allowed to profit off of children in this manner. Yes, a judge 'oversees' the cases, but it is usually months before parents/grandparents have their actual 'day in court'. Meanwhile, private companies make major profit off of keeping the children in foster care. This must be investigated! |
| Im weird too at work | The same thing happen in cass county Mo. The family councilers are a part of the private foster care system and advise the DFS and courts about where the children should stay. It's a racket and the kids lose. The cass county system is so brolen the judge has little power over the day to day stuff. the Attourney at lidem covers for the DFS incompateince and they judges orders are never followed. |
| sarah | Two thumbs up for Tess for having the guts to report something that has haunted families in Kansas for 13 years, but no one had the guts to report it. SRS and the private contractors have quotas. When they are finished wringing every last drop of blood money from these families they are currently persecuting, then they will have to go on to other innocent loving families who have never abused their children but just run onto hard times. It could be your direct family or a friend or a neighbor or your grandchildren next. Vote out these caree politicians who only vote where the money is and the deep pockets of the private contractors. If you do nothing to stop this now, you will have no reason to complain when they come after your children for the federal funds. They will drug your children to make them more manageable in foster care and also this makes them "special needs" childlren for even more federal funds. And these children never needed mood altering drugs when they were in their homes. Talk to the caseworkers who used to work for SRS and private contractors. They couldn't watch the persecution of these children anymore and got out but are afraid to say anything. "Hitler would be proud". Tess, we are so proud of you!!! Keep going, for the children. |
| cps and corruption | cps is the most corruption enity in the country,,they kidnap children from good home and all for the money,,,selling them into child sex slavery,they get paid large amounts of money for taking the child and them even more for placing them into horrible foster care ,5-6000 for each child and 10,000 for adoption.....ect,,more than i can write, |
| Broken System | |Last year the national goal of reunification of a child with a parent or primary custodian was 48% |
| Broken System | Statistics show that Children are more likely to be harmed in foster care: |
| Broken System | The August 29, 2009 Kansas Post Legislative Audit has proven that: |
| Worthless Legislators | These legislators are worthless. They have spent millions of tax payer dollars year after year after year through their "audits" to cover up the violations of law against children and their families. |
| Shirley | I cannot believe the "BUDGET problems are OVERSHADOWING" the problems of these children and their families. As a Kansas taxpayer, that statement infuriates me! It will take years to make up for the devastation happening to this families. If the authorities know the "broken system" is causing these problems, inaction should be considered PREMEDITATED AND REPETITIVE ABUSE to these children and their families, and the justice system should not only return the children to their families, but they should also prosecute the administrators and contractors accordingly for these crimes against children and their families. Thank you Tess and Fox4 News for reporting this serious situation. We want to know the truth! Please continue to keep us updated. |
| Concerned Kansan | The legislators of Kansas refuse to do anything about the wrongful and illegal removal of children from parents that have done nothing wrong- many of these children are being phsyically, emotionally and sexually abused in foster care. |
| Bill Meyers | This is only the tip of the iceberg. The Courts are fully aware of how much money is made when SRS or KVC remove a child from a home. Many a child have been pulled from a home without due process. This needs to be fully investigated. They hide behind a screen of privacy to prevent others from seeing their mistakes. |
| Deanna | This is a mother who used to live in Johnson county, My 2 youngest |
| Molly | We need to stop the contracts and give the judges more rights on placing children in family placements. SRS and Kaw Valley have to much power and ruin peoples lives and even foster parents who find out they have family in foster care and try to get them placed in their licensed foster care home. The foster care system leaves a bad taste in peoples lives. |
| Bill Medvecky | Every single day, another child is murdered, raped and abused within a system that is supposed to be "Protecting" them. |
| Broken System | Parents are "unsubstantiated" and the case STILL continues. How can a CINC (Child in need of care) case continue if the parent is "unsubstantiated"? How is the state of Kansas able to receive federal funding (fraud)? "Unsubstantiated" means there is NO "clear and convincing evidence" of abuse by the parent. It doesn't matter if the parent is "unsubstantiated" at the beginning of the case or after the appeal hearing by the adminsitrative judge of law for the state of Kansas. CAPTA states that a parent has a right to question the "substantiation " and appeal it thru the state. NO "clear and convincing evidence" means that "the report is false" - "no services neeed" and "the case is CLOSED". When the judge of law for the state of Kansas submits that finding - why does the case continue?- there is no LEGAL finding for the case to continue. CAPTA doesn't say anything about the registry and the removal of the name. The appeal finding by the judge of law for the state of Kansas doesn't say anything about the name being removed from the SRS offender registry. Actually the finding by the Judge of law for the state of kansas says that it is a court order that is binding upon the court and SRS. NOTHING ABOUT REMOVING THE NAME FROM THE SRS REGISTRY. |
| Watching in Texas | The privatazation of child care really amounts to being able to sell children in KANSAS and other places in the USA. When are we going to learn that a for profit business does not have the children's BEST INTEREST at heart. The system is broken and corrupt. I am scared about this spreading across the country considering that Kathleen Sibelius is head of HHR. |
| Kids in Care | My kids are currently in care. It is a nightmare. I hope there is more awareness of the state LEGALY KIDNAPPING KIDS. Before they are removed, resources are to be exhausted and families should be given the help that they need. Only if there is CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE should kids ever be taken out of the home. Still after that, the court is supposed to give the families the opportunity to get their kids back. The minute SRS steps into a families life, WATCH OUT! SRS is not there to help. SRS wants to tear families apart. They have their own agenda. To make money off of kids. |
| grandchildren are loved | 2 hrs ago Great job, Tess. Keep these stories coming! These families cannot speak out because they are controlled by the private contractors and SRS with fear and intimidation. Retalliation is a huge weapon used by these agencies. Tess, you can be the voice for these families. Wish more reporters and TV station and newspapers had as much guts to "tell it like it is". Thank God for Fox 4 News, my news station from now on. |
| Absolutely true | One of our senators who was leading the charge to end corruption in child stealing has just been murdered, along with her husband. They were hero's in the fight against back room deals, breakins, and the unlawful taking of children to fill foster homes. They will be deeply missed. Senator Nancy Schaefer and husband were devout Christians who believed that suicide was the greatest sin of all. |
| Absolutely true | And politicians. As one myself who had her granddaughter stolen, I can tell you, it is true! DCF is no respector of persons. |
| 16 min ago The greatest commodity is OUR children. The State of Kansas and it's private Contractors, MHP's Guardian ad litem's et el, all profit highly from the blood of our children under the veil called 'best interest of the child'. |
