Kansas foster care agency Saint Francis Ministries agrees to repay $9.4M in unspent grant funds

A troubled Kansas foster care management provider has reached an agreement with the state to repay $9.4 million in unspent grant funds.

The deal that the Kansas Department for Children and Families announced it had reached Tuesday with Saint Francis Ministries comes on the heels of earlier controversies.

In January, Nebraska agreed to pay millions more to Saint Francis after it significantly underbid the company that used to provide child welfare services in the Omaha area. And Kansas officials announced in December that Saint Francis employees had falsified documents to show visits with families that never took place.

DCF spokesman Mike Deines said the grant repayment agreement is unrelated to the falsified document claims. A state audit is pending.

Read more: https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/2021/03/31/kansas-foster-care-agency-saint-francis-ministries-repay-9-4-m/4828491001/
(Topeka Capital-Journal)