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Building Healthy Families with KVC Kansas’ Strengthening Families Program

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Discover KVC Kansas’ Strengthening Families Program – a 14-week transformative education and skill-building class that empowers families to overcome challenges, improve communication, and build strong bonds.

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What You Can Do to Prevent Suicide

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To help protect you and those close to you from suicide, it’s important to learn the warning signs and how you can help prevent it.

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How Juvenile Justice Reform Has Impacted Child Welfare & What We Must Do To Fix It

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On October 16, 2019, Dr. Linda Bass of KVC Kansas testified about the impact of crossover youth in foster care at the Joint Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight in Topeka. Here is the full testimony she shared.

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We Can Safely Reduce the Number of Kansas Children in Foster Care by Half – Here’s How

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In this article, KVC Kansas President Dr. Linda Bass discusses the attainable methods we can implement to safely reduce the number of Kansas children in foster care.

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Too Many Children in Foster Care: KVC Kansas Shares Challenges and Solutions [Infographic]

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What challenges is the Kansas child welfare system facing, and more importantly, what are the top solutions that will quickly and effectively address them?

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Why Child Welfare Privatization Made Kansas a National Leader

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In the 1990s, Kansas pursued child welfare privatization, making the state a national leader in outcomes. Here’s the story and where we go from here.

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Answers to FAQs: Understanding KVC Kansas’ Role in the Kansas Child Welfare System

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At KVC Kansas, we value transparency, openness and honesty. This post clarifies our role in the Kansas child welfare system and gives insight into key areas.

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Darkness to Light- Wyandotte County

Join us for a community awareness event to prevent child abuse.  This will be a community forum to learn more about the prevention of child abuse in our community.  For […]

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Human Trafficking: The Selling of Children in America training- Wichita

This training will provide education of child trafficking in America and in Kansas.

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Suicide Prevention

This week our communities have been rocked after two high school juniors committed suicide just days apart.

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