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Inside Kansas' Protection Report Center: 71,000 reports a year, nearly half assigned for field response
Summary
Deputy Secretary Tanya Keyes told the committee the state's Protection Report Center handled roughly 71,000 child reports in FY24, assigned about 48% for further assessment and uses a range of response times; she described immediate and lasting safety planning, federal reporting timelines and staffing ratios.
Topeka, Kan. — Deputy Secretary Tanya Keyes gave the Joint Committee on Child Welfare System Oversight a detailed walkthrough June 2 of how Kansas handles child-protection reports, saying the Kansas Protection Report Center (KPRC) receives roughly 71,000 child reports a year and assigns about 48% for further assessment.
Key data and procedures Keyes presented: - Intake volume and method: KPRC receives roughly 71,000 reports annually; more than two-thirds arrive via the online portal. Educators are the single most frequent mandatory reporters. - Assignment rates and reasons: About 48% of reports (roughly 35,000 in FY24) were assigned to regional child-protection specialists for an in-field response; the most frequent assignment categories were family-in-need assessments (about 30% of assigned reports) and…
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