Kansas Childrens Service League

“An independent accounting firm prepares and reviews the form 990. The return is then reviewed by the financial accountant and the cfo. Any questions or concerns the financial accountant and cfo have are addressed and any corrections or clarifications are made. The final form 990, with all required schedules is made available on a secured web-site and each member of the governing body is contacted by email that the document is available to review prior to filing of the 990.”

“Employees sign for receipt of employee manual at date of employment and when amendments are approved by the board. In addition, the employee manual is posted on the agency intranet. Training on human resource policies and procedures is conducted with the management team at least annually. Board orientation on agency policies and procedures is conducted annually. Any potential conflicts of interest are reported to the cfo. The cfo and ceo determine if a conflict actually exists. If a conflict of interest does exist, the board member is prohibited from voting on the matter.”

“The ceo's performance and compensation review is performed by the executive committee of the board of directors with recommendations being made to the full board of directors. One aspect of this annual review includes outside salary surveys which compare compensation to other comparable nonprofit organizations within a comparable region and geographic area.”

“Officer compensation is at the discretion of the ceo with discussion and review by the executive committee of the board of directors. One aspect of this annual review includes outside salary surveys which compare compensation to other comparable nonprofit organizations within a comparable region and geographic area.”

“Governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available to the public upon request.”

“Early childhood education: in 1977, kcsl established its leadership as an expert in early childhood learning with the administration and management of head start in 10 western kansas counties (finney, grant, gray, haskell, kearny, seward, scott, stanton, stevens, and wichita). Our presence includes an array of early learning programs that includes head start, early head start, and kansas early head start. If kansans are to continue to prosper in the future, we need to make sure that all children have the opportunity to develop intellectually, socially, and emotionally. Current science emphasizes that brain development during the early years of life is particularly critical, creating the foundation upon which future growth depends. When young children experience prolonged stress, their early brain development is jeopardized. However, early brain development thrives when parents, families, and communities nurture young children through loving care, interaction and stimulation. Kcsl head start and early head start provide comprehensive services in english, spanish and burmese to children and their families in these ten western kansas counties. Families with the highest risk are offered educational, social and emotional support to help them thrive. Currently, kcsl is servicing nearly 550 children within these comprehensive programs. Outcome measures demonstrate kcsls quality in delivery of early learning services where we exceed program standards in all developmental goals and benchmarks for children.”

“Healthy families: in 1996, kcsl began its healthy families services. In 2018, the program expanded with the addition of 13 new counties and new offices in pittsburg, newton and great bend. The program provided services to 554 kansas families across barton, bourbon, butler, chase, cherokee, crawford, greenwood, harvey, johnson, labette, leavenworth, lyon, marion, mcpherson, miami, montgomery, neosho, reno, rice, sedgwick, shawnee, stafford and wyandotte, counties. Kcsls healthy families services are nationally accredited by healthy families america (hfa) and in 2019 began the process of re-accreditation as a multi-site system. This process will be completed in 2020. Program goals for healthy families include preventing child abuse and neglect; enhancing child health and development; and promoting positive parenting. These goals are accomplished by initiating services prenatally or at birth to at-risk parents; using voluntary and positive outreach approaches in engagement of family services; intensive home visitation focused on supporting the parent as well as supporting the parent-child interaction and child development; and utilizing only standardized and evidence-based tools to systematically evaluate program outcomes and effectiveness. Healthy families services can be provided until a child reaches age 5 or until they begin school.”

“Foster care: in 2018 kansas childrens service league served 156 children in 53 licensed foster homes for a total of 27,444 bed days. Kansas childrens service league receives requests for foster care placements from a variety of sources with the majority of requests for placement services for children with special needs. The special needs range from the age of the child (10 or older); behavior problems; developmental, emotional and physical disabilities; and sibling sets. Resource families sponsored by kansas childrens service league believe that every child deserves a safe and stable place to live. These children have been removed from their parental home due to a variety of reasons but all have experienced trauma in one form or another. Kansas childrens service league provides a vital resource to not only these children, but to the people who are responsible for case management services, and the community as a whole. The resource parent relationship with the birth or biological parents is a critical component of this service delivery model. The goal is for the resource parents and birth parents to be communicating and working together towards reintegration of the child to his/her family of origin. This kind of relationship is most beneficial to the child to experience adult cohesion and stability. Resource parents can be some of the best teachers or role models for biological parents.”

“Description:foster home payments total fees:912279”

“Description:development & public relations total fees:49331”

“Description:contractual - dlc total fees:48766”

“Description:mental health assessment total fees:13521”

“Description:other professional fees total fees:461192”

“Description:secretarial services total fees:11174”

“Description:mis purchased services total fees:179341”