2020 Special Committee on Foster Care Oversight

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Senate	House
Senator Molly Baumgardner, Vicechairperson Senator Ed Berger Senator Bud Estes Senator Oletha Faust-Goudeau Senator Richard Hilderbrand	Representative Susan Concannon, Chairperson Representative Suzi Carlson Representative Gail Finney Representative Nick Hoheisel Representative Susan Humphries Representative Jarrod Ousley Representative John Resman Representative Susan Ruiz
Non-Legislative Members
Kansas Legislative Research Dept.	Office of Revisor of Statutes
Iraida Orr Martin de Boer Milesha Segun Norma Volkmer	Scott Abbott Kyle Hamilton Tamera Lawrence

Committee Assistant

Sky Westerlund

Study Topic

       The Committee is directed to:

Receive input from families, social workers, and other stakeholders on progress and shortfalls in the State's child welfare system, including quality of care for children in foster care, access to health and mental health services, trends in contributing factors, program outcomes from the Family First Prevention Services Act, and barriers to sharing information across stakeholders; and make recommendations to the Legislature on additional improvements and oversight needed to improve the State's child welfare system.

Approved Meeting Days: 6 days