- Kansas could go to mediation over its failures to fix foster care. That can be avoided if concrete plans are presented to improve outcomes for kids.
- Mediation wouldn’t be about financial penalties. It focuses more on how to address issues raised in the reports.
- State officials say they are creating accountability plans to address concerns.
It’s hard for Kansas foster children to get adequate mental health care. And if they do, an audit of the state’s foster care system said, it may not come quickly.
The report released this week concluded that caseloads run too high, children get moved to new homes too often and they still sleep in offices years after a court settlement ordered an end to the practice.
Those continued failures mean Kansas could find itself back in court…