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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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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
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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 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.
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Impact
KVC Kansas’ Impact
Each day, KVC Kansas touches the lives of thousands of Kansas children, teens and families. With services that help them feel safe and connected to each other and their communities, take a look at how many Kansas children, teens and families we were able to positively impact this past fiscal year.
Over the last year, KVC Kansas helped people in many ways:
The Impact of KVC Health Systems
As a nonprofit organization spanning five states, KVC Kansas’ parent organization, KVC Health Systems, creates meaningful, positive change in the lives of over 75,000 of children, teens and families each year. See how KVC Health Systems helps people find connection and support every day:
View KVC’s 2024 Impact Report HERE
View other past annual impact reports
Child and Family Success Stories
Father Overcomes Addiction to Safely Reunite with His Sons in Foster Care
Adam is a father who struggled with substance use and addiction. He made some decisions that led to his two little boys entering foster care. He decided to do everything he could to change his life and bring his boys safely back home. Thanks to his KVC worker’s support and the KVC foster family caring for his boys, Adam and his children are now back together and thriving. Every night, his son tells him that he’s his best friend, and “I love you” is said often in this home. Read the full story here.
Unstoppable Mom Does Whatever It Takes to Reunify With Her Son After Foster Care
From an early age, Gabriella struggled with her home life, grappling with drug use as a way to cope with a lack of acceptance and love from her family. For years, it seemed as though she was running into roadblock after roadblock, and nothing was improving. Things went from bad to worse when her baby was removed and placed into foster care. She had to find strength she didn’t know she had to reunify with him after foster care.
Little did Gabriella know that all of these experiences would eventually lead her down a path that she never would have expected: a path of resilience, restoration and ultimately, healing. Today, Gabriella works to empower parents and families involved with child welfare as she gives back through KVC. Read the full story here.
“I used to be ashamed that my son had been in foster care. But today, I get to help others make changes in their lives.”
From Foster Care to Fatherhood: Ray’s Journey to Becoming a Successful Family Man and Youth Mentor
As a young boy, Ray experienced child abuse and neglect. This led to him being in foster care for his own safety. His KVC case manager, Maureen, was a wonderful positive force in his life and helped him create a better future. She knew him as Steven at the time, but now he goes by his middle name Ray. Now Ray is a husband, a father, and the leader of One Community Jiu Jitsu in Kansas City, KS, which provides free classes to children and teens. Through martial arts, youth learn self-confidence and strengthen their mental health through self-defense training. Read Ray’s story here.