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Foster Adopt Connect asks for $500,000 annually to open a foster-care connection center in Hays

2152157 · January 24, 2025
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Foster Adopt Connect told the committee it operates four connection centers in Kansas and requested $500,000 a year for a resource center in Hays to serve rural western Kansas counties with elevated rates of children in care.

Lori Ross, founder and CEO of Foster Adopt Connect, told the Committee on Social Services Budget that her nonprofit operates connection centers that provide supports to children, families and child-placing agencies and is seeking $500,000 annually to open a foster-care and adoption connection center in Hays to serve far western Kansas.

Ross said her organization…

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