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 ...

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 ...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The secretary for Kansas Department For Children and Families said Friday she has no reason to believe the agency didn't do its job correctly when it comes to Olivia Jansen. The ...

The Kansas Department for Children and Families is sticking with its four existing contractors for foster care services while adding a fifth to serve the Wichita area. DCF announced Monday that it ...

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 ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Kansas child welfare officials say they received repeated reports about a Wichita toddler before he died of an overdose of the addiction treatment medication methadone. The ...

TOPEKA, Kan (KSNW) – Department for Children and Families Secretary Laura Howard today announced the agency is adding a second opportunity for Kansans to apply for the Low-Income Energy Assistance ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...