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The Children’s Advocacy Resource Center (CARC) has been a part of Kansas Legal Services since 1999. CARC is a statewide program providing complete support and legal services to people serving and caring for homeless children and children involved in our state foster care system.
CARC operates a toll-free helpline for foster youth.
833-441-2240
Kansas Department of Children and Families launched the Mobile Crisis Helpline for additional support for eligible Kansans in need during a crisis.
Services are available for ALL Kansans 20 years old or younger, including anyone in foster care or formerly in foster care, though this service is not limited to children and youth in foster care.
Available resources include:
·Over the phone support and problem solving to help resolve a child’s behavioral health crisis
By Mina Lukas, Reprinted Special to the Wichita Eagle December 27, 2023
“Why don’t you just move?”
It’s a question I hear a lot. I live in an unsafe apartment building with an abusive landlord.
Sometimes the question is spoken aloud, but more often, it’s there in peoples’ wanting-to-be-helpful-but-also-kind-of-judgmental silences.
BY JENNA BARACKMAN KC STAR
MAY 21, 2024
Kansas teens aging out of the state’s foster care system are now able to choose a primary legal guardian whom they trust to represent them best, giving them another option when transitioning to independent living.
Since it began in early 2020, the Family First Prevention program in Kansas recognized the need for more intensive attention on prevention of placing children in foster care – specifically, keeping families together before a petition is filed to remove a child from the family. This puts a focus on family well-being, to give parents and caregivers support and access to needed resources to prevent or relieve a crisis in the family before it escalates.
From KSHB - Channel 41 News July 30, 2024
Johnson County is getting ready to open its Housing Choice Voucher Program, which assists people who need rent assistance.
When the waitlist opens this year, the process will be a little different.
Last year, the county accepted more than 1,400 applicants but only saw a success rate of around 11%.
by P.J. GriekspoorJuly 31, 2024 https://klcjournal.com/eviction-workshop-renters-must-prioritize-staying-out-of-court/
Editor’s note: This story comes from the Wichita Journalism Collaborative, a partnership of 11 organizations, including The Journal.
Kansas Legal Services Executive Director, Matt Keenan, said Kansas Legal Services was “the only one” in direct negotiations with KDR to ensure residents get compensation with “no strings attached.”
From the Johnson County Post Lynne Hermansen May 16, 2025
Department of Health site on the Lead Hazard Prevention Program. Includes Fact Sheets on lead hazards for children, as in those found in toys. Also includes links to education, awareness and removal sites.
https://www.kdhe.ks.gov/DocumentCenter/View/14718/Protect-Your-Family-From-Lead-in-Your-Home-PDF?bidId=
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The Children’s Advocacy Resource Center (CARC) has been a part of Kansas Legal Services since 1999. CARC is a statewide program providing complete support and legal services to people serving and caring for homeless children and children involved in our state foster care system.
CARC operates a toll-free helpline for foster youth.
833-441-2240
Kansas Department of Children and Families launched the Mobile Crisis Helpline for additional support for eligible Kansans in need during a crisis.
Services are available for ALL Kansans 20 years old or younger, including anyone in foster care or formerly in foster care, though this service is not limited to children and youth in foster care.
Available resources include:
·Over the phone support and problem solving to help resolve a child’s behavioral health crisis
By Mina Lukas, Reprinted Special to the Wichita Eagle December 27, 2023
“Why don’t you just move?”
It’s a question I hear a lot. I live in an unsafe apartment building with an abusive landlord.
Sometimes the question is spoken aloud, but more often, it’s there in peoples’ wanting-to-be-helpful-but-also-kind-of-judgmental silences.
BY JENNA BARACKMAN KC STAR
MAY 21, 2024
Kansas teens aging out of the state’s foster care system are now able to choose a primary legal guardian whom they trust to represent them best, giving them another option when transitioning to independent living.
Since it began in early 2020, the Family First Prevention program in Kansas recognized the need for more intensive attention on prevention of placing children in foster care – specifically, keeping families together before a petition is filed to remove a child from the family. This puts a focus on family well-being, to give parents and caregivers support and access to needed resources to prevent or relieve a crisis in the family before it escalates.
From KSHB - Channel 41 News July 30, 2024
Johnson County is getting ready to open its Housing Choice Voucher Program, which assists people who need rent assistance.
When the waitlist opens this year, the process will be a little different.
Last year, the county accepted more than 1,400 applicants but only saw a success rate of around 11%.
by P.J. GriekspoorJuly 31, 2024 https://klcjournal.com/eviction-workshop-renters-must-prioritize-staying-out-of-court/
Editor’s note: This story comes from the Wichita Journalism Collaborative, a partnership of 11 organizations, including The Journal.
Kansas Legal Services Executive Director, Matt Keenan, said Kansas Legal Services was “the only one” in direct negotiations with KDR to ensure residents get compensation with “no strings attached.”
From the Johnson County Post Lynne Hermansen May 16, 2025
Department of Health site on the Lead Hazard Prevention Program. Includes Fact Sheets on lead hazards for children, as in those found in toys. Also includes links to education, awareness and removal sites.
https://www.kdhe.ks.gov/DocumentCenter/View/14718/Protect-Your-Family-From-Lead-in-Your-Home-PDF?bidId=
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