- Services
Core Services
Families First
Children and teens belong with their own families whenever possible. KVC works to safely reunify hundreds of families each year by providing parenting skills training, therapy and other support.
Caring People Needed
On any given day, KVC Kansas provides out-of-home care for thousands of children and teens. Relatives, non-related kin like teachers and neighbors, and foster parents are all critical to providing temporary care for these children and teens. See how you can make a difference as a foster parent.
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- Get Involved
Children and Families Need You
Through KVC, you can strengthen families, prevent child abuse and neglect, and help create a bright future where every person is safe and connected to a strong family and a healthy community. Please join us today! Learn More
- Resources
Overview
Our free resources help you stay informed and educated about foster care, child welfare, adoption, mental health and childhood trauma as well as how KVC Kansas is working toward building healthier communities.
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- About Us
About KVC Kansas
KVC Kansas is a private, nonprofit organization that serves nearly 13,000 children and adults each year. Our team of professionals provides family strengthening and foster care prevention services, foster care case management, family reunification services, foster family recruitment and support, adoption, aftercare, outpatient therapy and more.
We envision a world in which every person is safe and connected to a strong family and a healthy community.
- Blog
Advocate Resources
We are thankful for the many people who support our mission of enriching and enhancing the lives of children and families. Thank you for being involved as a foster or adoptive parent, donor, volunteer, team member, partner, or advocate.
Here are materials to assist you with advocating for children and families:
Infographic on the Kansas Child Welfare System
This two-sided infographic explains three complex problems: a large increase in children in foster care, decreasing safe placement options and rising costs, and ongoing workforce challenges. It also shows the top solutions we are implementing or advocating to quickly address these challenges.
KVC Kansas Annual Impact One-Pager
This one-pager uses a graphic approach to convey the many ways we strengthen Kansas children and families each year.
KVC Kansas Key Messages
This contains high-level, positive messages about KVC Kansas’ mission and impact.
KVC Kansas Blog
Each month, we publish helpful, relevant articles on our blog at kvckansas.org/blog. Some of the most popular articles related to strengthening the Kansas child welfare system are:
- More About KVC Kansas and Its Performance on Federal Outcomes
- Too Many Children in Foster Care: KVC Kansas Shares Challenges and Solutions [Infographic]
- A Fast, Proven Way to Strengthen the Kansas Child Welfare Workforce
- Why Child Welfare Privatization Made Kansas a National Leader
- How KVC Kansas Is Supporting and Retaining Its Child Welfare Staff
- Answers to FAQs: Understanding KVC Kansas’ Role in the Kansas Child Welfare System
- Children Need Families | An Open Letter from KVC Kansas President Danielle Bartelli to KVC Team
- How We Can Improve the Child Welfare System as a Community