TOPEKA (KSNT) – The Kansas Department for Children and Families (DCF) announced that it has awarded contracts for a new Child Welfare Information System that is expected to cost $100 million. DCF has ...

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Kansas officials are pushing back against federal officials who are demanding the release of personal information for those participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – The Kansas Department for Children and Families (DCF) is launching Summer EBT, a new program to help eligible families offset some of the costs of buying food for their ...

Kansas lawmakers are threatening to withhold summer food assistance for children, while also pushing for a more robust snack bar in the Statehouse.

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Kansas Department for Children and Families will provide families with $120 for each eligible school-aged child to buy groceries during summer break. Kansas Department for ...

KANSAS (KSNT) – The Kansas Department for Children and Families is reviewing a memo from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) after the U.S. Supreme Court told states to ‘undo’ Supplemental ...

Despite receiving several reports about Zoey Felix before she was killed, the state's child welfare agency says she was not "alleged to be in need of care" and therefore the government doesn't have to ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Applications are now being accepted for the Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP) in Kansas. Applications will be accepted from Tuesday, Jan. 20, through 5 p.m. on Tuesday, ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - On Monday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said it plans to send out partial SNAP benefits. The payments will come from the SNAP contingency fund. The Kansas Department for ...

More than two months after a Topeka area child was stabbed to death, allegedly by his own mother, Kansas child welfare officials can't figure out whether the boy died from child abuse or neglect.