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DCF outlines how Kansas child abuse central registry works, appeals and expungement process
Summary
Deputy Secretary Tanya Keys told the committee the Central Registry is a confidential, name‑based list of substantiated perpetrators (about 40,000 names), described investigation timelines, appeal rights and expungement rules for adults and juveniles.
Deputy Secretary Tanya Keys of the Department for Children and Families briefed the committee on the Kansas Child Abuse and Neglect Central Registry, describing how reports are investigated, how substantiation is decided and when names appear on the registry.
Keys said the registry is a computerized, name‑based system DCF holds for substantiated perpetrators and is not a public searchable database. She told the committee "there's a little over 40,000 individuals listed on the child abuse central registry." She emphasized that a proposed substantiated finding is not entered on the registry until the person has been interviewed, given notice and exhausted administrative appeal timelines.
Keys described the investigation process: reports typically arrive through the Kansas…
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