Nonprofit witnesses ask Kansas committee to fund workforce, prevention and youth programs in DCF budget A range of child-welfare and youth-service providers requested DCF budget support: Children's Alliance asked for $800,000 for workforce development, Foster Adopt Connect sought $500,000 to expand prevention staff in Sedgwick County, Kansas Big Brothers Big Sisters requested $1,000,000 to sustain and expand mentoring, and several groups sought continued pilot funding for disability independent-living programs and rural poverty interventions.

Child-welfare advocates in Kansas are urging a $2.6 million investment to prevent foster placements and strengthen support for at-risk youth, promising significant savings and better outcomes.

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