Kansas child welfare committee plans five-hour closed meeting to review foster care cases

By: Maya Smith

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: June 29, 2026

Words: 694

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 3 days ago

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TOPEKA — A Kansas legislative committee plans to meet in secret for five hours Tuesday to discuss foster care cases with state agencies, raising questions from transparency advocates about why so much of the meeting is closed to the public.

The Joint Committee on Child Welfare System Oversight meeting agenda says five foster care contractors will discuss cases but does not specify whether those discussions will include identifying information about children, how many cases …

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