Children and Family

The Division of Children and Family Policy (CFP) is responsibile for delivering a broad range of child welfare services, as outlined under the Kansas Code for Care of Children. Principal among these services are the oversight and purchase of quality child care; prevention and identification of child maltreatment and protective services to secure child safety, permanence, and well-being; assessment of families in which a child may be in need of care due to at-risk child behavior (truancy, runaway, and ou-of-parental-control); and providing an array of directly delivered and contracted services to Children and their families.

The mission of the division is to protect children; promote permanent, nurturing families; and strengthen community partnerships to serve children. Safety and permanency for children cannot be accomplished by the public child welfare agency alone, so the division is actively involved in reaching out to other public, private, and community agencies as partners and collaborators in the improvement of child and family well-being.