Kansas officials see family ties as key for foster children

Kansas officials see family ties as key for foster children - Houston Chronicle:

Black: "The child is our client. It is a service for children and so we are trying to maintain those family connections."

Gilmore: Foster parents "cannot assume that they will be adopting any child that comes into their home. ... There's some degree of risk-taking with foster care."                                 Black: "That's the purpose of the people becoming foster parents, is to be temporary family until that child can move to a permanent placement, either back home with their birth family or with extended relatives."                                                                                             Gilmore: "The focus is on the child, not the foster parents."