Tag: child care
Kansas DCF officials won’t comment on how they’ll prevent a child care scandal as discovered in Minnesota
With the child care fraud scandal engulfing Minnesota, we asked officials in the Kansas Department for Children and Families (DCF)…
Report takes aim at unlicensed childcare providers, Rep. Tarwater defends new state law
The number of children who died in licensed child care facilities is nearly the same as the number who died…
Point Forward says it will donate Washington School if no childcare provider can be found
Ron Scripsick, chairman of Point Forward, the developer of the approximately $10 million Washington School daycare project, said in a…
Point Forward tax filings raise more questions about the Pittsburg non-profit
New questions are being raised about Point Forward, a Pittsburg, Kansas, non-profit that is remodeling the former Washington School into…
Point Forward child care grant raises questions about procedure
Earlier this year, the Crawford County Commission awarded more than $700,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funding to Point Forward,…
Kansas legislative leaders reject governor’s renewed call for Medicaid expansion
Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson and House Speaker Dan Hawkins indicate Governor Laura Kelly’s latest effort to secure Medicaid expansion…
Kelly vetoes bill that would have helped childcare crisis
One of the biggest obstacles to economic recovery post-pandemic has been the difficulty in finding childcare. Writing in the Wichita…