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{{Infobox government agency
| agency_name = Kansas Department of Children and Families
| agency_name = Kansas Department of Children and Families
| type = Department
| seal = Seal of Kansas.svg
| seal = Great Seal of the State of Kansas Colored.svg
| seal_width = 125 px
| seal_width = 125 px
| seal_caption = Great Seal of Kansas
| seal_caption = Great Seal of Kansas
| formed = 1973
| formed = 1973
| preceding1 = Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
| jurisdiction = [[Kansas|State of Kansas]]
| headquarters = 555 S. Kansas Avenue<br>[[Topeka, Kansas]] 66603
| headquarters = 555 S. Kansas Avenue<br>[[Topeka, Kansas]] 66603
| employees = 2,500 <ref>[http://www.kslegresearch.org/KLRD-web/Publications/BudgetBookFY19/2019BudgetAnalysisRpts/DCF.pdf DCF's Budget] pg.2</ref>
| chief1_name = [[Laura Howard]]<ref>[https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article226519700.html Kansas City Star]</ref>
| budget = $684 million <ref>[https://budget.kansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/FY_2020_GBR_Vol2-02-04-2019.pdf#%5B%7B%22num%22%3A1141%2C%22gen%22%3A0%7D%2C%7B%22name%22%3A%22Fit%22%7D%5D Kansas Budget] pg. 238{{en dash}}241</ref>
| chief1_name = [[Laura Howard (Kansas politician)|Laura Howard]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article226519700.html|title='A true public servant': New Kansas child welfare leader vows openness, more resources|publisher=Kansas City Star}} Kansas City Star</ref>
| chief1_position = Secretary of Children and Families
| chief1_position = Secretary of Children and Families
| website = {{URL|https://www.dcf.ks.gov/}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.dcf.ks.gov/}}
}}
}}
The '''Kansas Department of Children and Families''' (formerly the '''Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services''') is a state agency in [[Kansas]], responsible for the delivery of social services to those in need of them.<ref>[http://www.dcf.ks.gov/Agency/Pages/DCF-History.aspx DCF History]</ref> Its programs include child support services, economic and employment services, foster care, rehabilitation services, welfare, and more.


The '''Kansas Department for Children and Families''' (formerly the '''Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services''') is a state agency in [[Kansas]], responsible for the delivery of social services to those in need of them.<ref name="DCF History1">{{cite web|url=http://www.dcf.ks.gov/Agency/Pages/DCF-History.aspx|title=Agency History - 1970's|publisher=Kansas Department of Children and Families}} Agency History - 1970's</ref>
The agency was founded in 1973, and it is currently headed by Laura Howard.

The agency was founded in 1973, and it is currently headed by [[Laura Howard (Kansas politician)|Laura Howard]].

==History==
===Pre-establishment===
The 1859 [[Wyandotte Constitution]] mandated that the state create and support institutions for “the benefit of the insane, blind, deaf and dumb, and such other benevolent institutions as the public good may require.”<ref name="Kansas Constitution1">{{cite web|url=https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/90272/text|title=Wyandotte Constitution|publisher=Kansas Memory}} ''Kansas Constitution, Article VII, Section I''</ref> As a result, the [[Osawatomie State Hospital|Kansas Insane Asylum]] was established in 1866 in [[Osawatomie, Kansas|Osawatomie]]. Due to overcrowding, an additional asylum was approved by Governor [[Thomas A. Osborn|Osborn]]; the [[Topeka State Hospital]] opened in 1879. Another asylum was opened in 1881, the State Asylum for Idiotic and Imbecile Youth in [[Lawrence, Kansas|Lawrence]] which was moved to [[Winfield, Kansas|Winfield]] in 1887. It was renamed the State Home for the Feeble-Minded in 1909 and then renamed again to the State Training School in 1920. In 1903 the legislation to create the State Hospital for Epileptics in [[Parsons, Kansas|Parsons]] passed with the hospital being renamed the Parsons State Training School in 1953. The Larned State Hospital opened in 1914 which took on additional responsibilities with the opening of the State Security Hospital in 1939. In 1960 the Kansas Neurological Institute opened in [[Topeka, Kansas|Topeka]] and tuberculosis hospitals where opened in [[Norton, Kansas|Norton]] in 1914 and [[Chanute, Kansas|Chanute]] in 1963. And lastly, the Rainbow Mental Health Facility was established in [[Osawatomie, Kansas|Osawatomie]] in 1973.<ref name="DCF History0">{{cite web|url=http://www.dcf.ks.gov/Agency/Pages/DCFHistory/Pre-Executive-Reorganization-Order-1.aspx|title=Agency History - Pre-Executive Reorganization Order 1|publisher=Kansas Department of Children and Families}} Pre-Executive Reorganization Order 1</ref>

Prior to Executive Reorganization Order No. 1, all of these hospitals, as well as all social service programs where overseen by counties with very little state oversight. The only exception being state [[Social Security (United States)|social security]] which, due to the 1937 ''Kansas Welfare Act'' had a state board oversee how to most efficiently spread federal funding. By 1949 this board became the state board for social welfare, however counties retained primary administrative control over welfare.<ref name="DCF History0" />

===Establishment===
The agency was first established in 1973 from then-[[Robert B. Docking|Governor Docking's]] Executive Reorganization Order No. 1, which created the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services.<ref>[https://cdm16884.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16884coll3/id/124 Gov. Docking's 1973 ERO]</ref> Governor Docking then appointed Dr. [[Robert Harder]] as the first secretary of the agency. In that same year, legislation was passed to transfer all social welfare programs from the various counties to the new agency. The time it took to transfer the programs to the new umbrella agency was about nine months.<ref name="DCF History1" />

==Services==
*Child support services
*Economic and employment services
*Foster care
*Prevention and protection services
*Rehabilitation services

==List of secretaries==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! No.
! Name
! Governor(s)
! Term
! Party
! Notes
! Ref
|-
| 1.
| [[Robert Harder]]
| [[Robert Docking]]<br>[[Robert Frederick Bennett|Robert Bennett]]<br>[[John W. Carlin|John Carlin]]
| 1973-1987
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
| Received a doctorate in [[Theology]], state representative, longest-serving cabinet secretary in Kansas history
|<ref name="Harder">{{cite news |title=Robert Harder, longest-serving Cabinet secretary in state history, dies at 84 |author= Smith, Eric |url=http://www.cjonline.com/news/2014-04-13/robert-harder-longest-serving-cabinet-secretary-state-history-dies-84 |newspaper=The Topeka Capital-Journal |date=13 April 2014 |accessdate=27 May 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 2.
| [[Winston Barton]]
| [[Mike Hayden]]
| 1987-1990
| <!--presumably Republican-->
| Previously worked for the [[Health Care Finance Administration]]
|<ref name="history1980's">{{cite web |title=Agency History - 1980's |url=https://www.dcf.ks.gov/Agency/Pages/DCFHistory/1980s.aspx |website=www.dcf.ks.gov |access-date=7 March 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 3.
| [[Dennis Taylor (Kansas politician)|Dennis Taylor]]
| [[Mike Hayden]]
| 1990-1991
| <!--presumably Republican-->
|
|<ref name="history1990's">{{cite web |title=Agency History - 1990s |url=https://www.dcf.ks.gov/Agency/Pages/DCFHistory/1990s.aspx |website=www.dcf.ks.gov |access-date=7 March 2023}}</ref>
|-
| -
| [[Robert Harder]]
| [[Joan Finney]]
| 1991-1991
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
| Dr Harder briefly returned as interim Secretary
|<ref name="history1990's" />
|-
| 4.
| [[Donna Whiteman]]
| [[Joan Finney]]
| 1991-1995
| <!--presumably Democrat-->
|
|<ref name="history1990's" />
|-
| 5.
| [[Rochelle Chronister]]
| [[Bill Graves]]
| 1995-1999
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| Former [[Kansas Republican Party#Kansas Republican Party Chairmen|Chairwoman of the Kansas Republican Party]]
|<ref name="Chronister">{{cite web |title=Kansas Task Force Hears That Some Issues With Foster Care System Aren't New |url=https://www.kcur.org/government/2017-12-13/kansas-task-force-hears-that-some-issues-with-foster-care-system-arent-new |website=KUCR |date=December 13, 2017 |publisher=[[NPR]]|access-date=7 March 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 6.
| [[Janet Schalansky]]
| [[Bill Graves]]<br>[[Kathleen Sebelius]]
| 1999-2004
| <!--presumably Republican-->
|
|<ref name="history1990's" />
|-
| 7.
| [[Gary Daniels (Kansas politician)|Gary Daniels]]
| [[Kathleen Sebelius]]
| 2004-2006
| <!--presumably Democrat-->
|
|<ref name="history2000's">{{cite web |title=Agency History - 2000s |url=https://www.dcf.ks.gov/Agency/Pages/DCFHistory/2000s.aspx |website=www.dcf.ks.gov |access-date=7 March 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 8.
| [[Don Jordan (Kansas politician)|Don Jordan]]
| [[Kathleen Sebelius]]<br>[[Mark Parkinson]]
| 2006-2011
| <!--presumably Democrat-->
|
|<ref name="history2000's" />
|-
| 9.
| [[Rob Siedlecki]]
| [[Sam Brownback]]
| 2011-2011
| <!--presumably Republian-->
| Former chief of staff in the [[Florida Department of Health]]
|<ref name="history2010's">{{cite web |title=Agency History - Present |url=https://www.dcf.ks.gov/Agency/Pages/DCFHistory/Present.aspx |website=www.dcf.ks.gov |access-date=7 March 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 10.
| [[Phyllis Gilmore]]
| [[Sam Brownback]]
| 2011-2017
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| Targeted in an administrative shakeup
|<ref name="history2010's" />
|-
| 11.
| [[Gina Meier-Hummel]]
| [[Sam Brownback]]<br>[[Jeff Colyer]]
| 2017-2019
| <!--presumably Republian-->
| Executive Director of various charitable organizations
|<ref name="history2010's" />
|-
| 12.
| [[Laura Howard (Kansas politician)|Laura Howard]]
| [[Laura Kelly]]
| 2019-Present
| <!--presumably Democrat-->
| Originally interim Secretary for four months.
|<ref name="history2010's" />
|-
|}


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.dcf.ks.gov/Pages/default.aspx Department of Children and Families website]
*[http://www.dcf.ks.gov/Pages/default.aspx Department of Children and Families website]
*[https://cdm16884.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16884coll6 Department for Children and Families publications at State Library of Kansas' KGI Online Library]
*[https://cdm16884.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16884coll15 former Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services publications at State Library of Kansas' KGI Online Library]

{{Kansas Cabinet}}
{{Kansas Cabinet}}
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[[Category:State agencies of Kansas|Aging and Disability Services]]
[[Category:State agencies of Kansas|Aging and Disability Services]]
[[Category:Government agencies established in 1973]]
[[Category:Government agencies established in 1973]]
[[Category:1973 establishments in Kansas]]
[[Category:1973 establishments in Kansas]]
[[Category:State child welfare agencies of the United States]]

Latest revision as of 18:07, 3 November 2024

Kansas Department of Children and Families
Great Seal of Kansas
Department overview
Formed1973
Preceding Department
  • Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
JurisdictionState of Kansas
Headquarters555 S. Kansas Avenue
Topeka, Kansas 66603
Employees2,500 [1]
Annual budget$684 million [2]
Department executive
Websitewww.dcf.ks.gov

The Kansas Department for Children and Families (formerly the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services) is a state agency in Kansas, responsible for the delivery of social services to those in need of them.[4]

The agency was founded in 1973, and it is currently headed by Laura Howard.

History

[edit]

Pre-establishment

[edit]

The 1859 Wyandotte Constitution mandated that the state create and support institutions for “the benefit of the insane, blind, deaf and dumb, and such other benevolent institutions as the public good may require.”[5] As a result, the Kansas Insane Asylum was established in 1866 in Osawatomie. Due to overcrowding, an additional asylum was approved by Governor Osborn; the Topeka State Hospital opened in 1879. Another asylum was opened in 1881, the State Asylum for Idiotic and Imbecile Youth in Lawrence which was moved to Winfield in 1887. It was renamed the State Home for the Feeble-Minded in 1909 and then renamed again to the State Training School in 1920. In 1903 the legislation to create the State Hospital for Epileptics in Parsons passed with the hospital being renamed the Parsons State Training School in 1953. The Larned State Hospital opened in 1914 which took on additional responsibilities with the opening of the State Security Hospital in 1939. In 1960 the Kansas Neurological Institute opened in Topeka and tuberculosis hospitals where opened in Norton in 1914 and Chanute in 1963. And lastly, the Rainbow Mental Health Facility was established in Osawatomie in 1973.[6]

Prior to Executive Reorganization Order No. 1, all of these hospitals, as well as all social service programs where overseen by counties with very little state oversight. The only exception being state social security which, due to the 1937 Kansas Welfare Act had a state board oversee how to most efficiently spread federal funding. By 1949 this board became the state board for social welfare, however counties retained primary administrative control over welfare.[6]

Establishment

[edit]

The agency was first established in 1973 from then-Governor Docking's Executive Reorganization Order No. 1, which created the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services.[7] Governor Docking then appointed Dr. Robert Harder as the first secretary of the agency. In that same year, legislation was passed to transfer all social welfare programs from the various counties to the new agency. The time it took to transfer the programs to the new umbrella agency was about nine months.[4]

Services

[edit]
  • Child support services
  • Economic and employment services
  • Foster care
  • Prevention and protection services
  • Rehabilitation services

List of secretaries

[edit]
No. Name Governor(s) Term Party Notes Ref
1. Robert Harder Robert Docking
Robert Bennett
John Carlin 		1973-1987 Democrat Received a doctorate in Theology, state representative, longest-serving cabinet secretary in Kansas history [8]
2. Winston Barton Mike Hayden 1987-1990 Previously worked for the Health Care Finance Administration [9]
3. Dennis Taylor Mike Hayden 1990-1991 [10]
- Robert Harder Joan Finney 1991-1991 Democrat Dr Harder briefly returned as interim Secretary [10]
4. Donna Whiteman Joan Finney 1991-1995 [10]
5. Rochelle Chronister Bill Graves 1995-1999 Republican Former Chairwoman of the Kansas Republican Party [11]
6. Janet Schalansky Bill Graves
Kathleen Sebelius 		1999-2004 [10]
7. Gary Daniels Kathleen Sebelius 2004-2006 [12]
8. Don Jordan Kathleen Sebelius
Mark Parkinson 		2006-2011 [12]
9. Rob Siedlecki Sam Brownback 2011-2011 Former chief of staff in the Florida Department of Health [13]
10. Phyllis Gilmore Sam Brownback 2011-2017 Republican Targeted in an administrative shakeup [13]
11. Gina Meier-Hummel Sam Brownback
Jeff Colyer 		2017-2019 Executive Director of various charitable organizations [13]
12. Laura Howard Laura Kelly 2019-Present Originally interim Secretary for four months. [13]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ DCF's Budget pg.2
  2. ^ Kansas Budget pg. 238–241
  3. ^ "'A true public servant': New Kansas child welfare leader vows openness, more resources". Kansas City Star. Kansas City Star
  4. ^ a b "Agency History - 1970's". Kansas Department of Children and Families. Agency History - 1970's
  5. ^ "Wyandotte Constitution". Kansas Memory. Kansas Constitution, Article VII, Section I
  6. ^ a b "Agency History - Pre-Executive Reorganization Order 1". Kansas Department of Children and Families. Pre-Executive Reorganization Order 1
  7. ^ Gov. Docking's 1973 ERO
  8. ^ Smith, Eric (April 13, 2014). "Robert Harder, longest-serving Cabinet secretary in state history, dies at 84". The Topeka Capital-Journal. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  9. ^ "Agency History - 1980's". www.dcf.ks.gov. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
  10. ^ a b c d "Agency History - 1990s". www.dcf.ks.gov. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
  11. ^ "Kansas Task Force Hears That Some Issues With Foster Care System Aren't New". KUCR. NPR. December 13, 2017. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
  12. ^ a b "Agency History - 2000s". www.dcf.ks.gov. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
  13. ^ a b c d "Agency History - Present". www.dcf.ks.gov. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
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