Kansas Kin-Specific Licensing Documents

Kansas submitted and had approved an amended title IV-E plan to adopt licensing/approval standards for relative or kinship foster family homes that differ from the standards used for non-relative foster family homes. Kansas' kin-specific standards, forms and/or analysis can be found here:

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