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DCF to pilot community Family First pathway May 4; issues new RFP for no-eject residential placements
Summary
Secretary Howard told the joint child-welfare oversight committee that Kansas will test a community referral pathway for four state-funded Family First services starting May 4, and that DCF has issued an RFP seeking residential providers who will accept 'no eject/no reject' placements and meet new outcome measures.
Secretary Howard of the Department for Children and Families updated the joint committee on a package of system changes and pilots that the agency plans to test over the coming months. The department will begin offering a community pathway for four state-funded Family First prevention services on May 4, the secretary said, allowing families to request supports through trusted community providers without opening a formal DCF case.
The community pathway will be capped by provider caseload—Secretary Howard used 15% as an example for one program regionally—to avoid exceeding program budgets. "It's just a way to manage the budget between, you know, for the overall program so we don't exceed the budget," she said. Families and community referral sources such as schools, hospitals and family-resource centers may…
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