**OCSE Child Access & Visitation Program Name of State: Kansas**

**Part I: Contact Information**

-   Name of State Program Contact Juliene Maska

-   Name of Designated State Agency Kansas Attorney General

-   Street Address 120 SW 10^th^ Ave. 2^nd^ Floor

-   City, State, & Zipcode Topeka, KS 66612

-   Telephone no. (785) 296-2215

-   E-mail Address <maskaj@ksag.org>

-   Fax no. (785) 296-3131

## 

## Part II: Statistical Profile 

-   Total no. of minor children under 18 years

> Of age living with one biological parent 227,530
>
> (1990 U.S. Census data)

## Part III: Previous and Current Year Funding Levels

**[Federal \$ Grant]{.underline} [State \$ Match]{.underline} and
[Percentage]{.underline}**

-   FFY 1997 \$ 116,319 \$ 12,924 10% FFY 1998 \$ 116,319 \$ 90,000 77%

-   FFY 1999 \$ 103,133 \$ 90,000 87%

-   FFY 2000 \$ 103,133 \$ 90,000 87%

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## 

## Part IV: Summary of State's Proposed Use of FFY 2000 Grant Funds

**[Yes]{.underline} [No]{.underline}**

#### Process for Awarding Funds: 

#### Request for Proposals X 

#### (new & continuation)

-   **New only**

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-   **Other\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_**

**Time of Year RFP's are Issued and/or Funding Decisions Are Made:**

Fall \_\_\_\_\_ Winter \_\_\_\_\_ Spring \_\_X\_\_\_ Summer \_\_\_\_\_

**Award of Funds:** Grants \_\_X\_\_\_ Contracts \_\_\_\_\_ Cooperative
Agreements \_\_\_\_\_

**[Targeted Priority Areas]{.underline}:**

-   **Mediation**

voluntary **Yes \_\_\_\_\_ No \_\_\_\_\_**

mandatory **Yes \_\_\_\_\_ No \_\_\_\_\_**

-   **Counseling Yes \_\_\_\_\_ No \_\_\_\_\_**

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-   **Education Yes \_\_\_\_\_ No \_\_\_\_\_**

-   **Parenting Plans Yes \_\_\_\_\_ No \_\_\_\_\_**

-   **Visitation Enforcement**

monitoring **Yes \_\_X\_\_\_ No \_\_\_\_\_**

supervision **Yes \_\_X\_\_\_ No \_\_\_\_\_**

neutral drop-off/pick-up **Yes \_\_X\_\_\_ No \_\_\_\_\_**

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-   **Development of Guidelines**

> Visitation **Yes \_\_X\_\_\_ No \_\_\_\_\_**
>
> Alternative custody arrangements **Yes \_\_\_\_\_ No \_\_\_\_\_**

## Summary Narrative: Proposed Use of FFY 2000 Funds

The Federal Child Access and Visitation Grant program is administered by
Kansas' Office of the Attorney General whose goal is to continue the
development of programs statewide for non-custodial parents to have
access to their children in a safe and comfortable environment.

On-site supervised visitation, exchange monitoring, therapeutic
supervisions, recording observations of visits, referrals to other
services, and educational classes for parents are the services provided
with these grant funds. In 2000, the Attorney General's Office awarded
grant funds to 8 providers of child exchange and visitation services.

With the assistance of these state and federal grant funds, 6 programs
with prior experience in providing supervised visitation and exchange
services were able to expand their projects and serve more families.
Programs increased their hours of operation and additional staff was
hired. Two new programs were also started this year.

All 8 programs received training and developed formal operating manuals,
policies and procedures. Seven programs provide supervised visitations
and exchanges, with one of the programs also providing parent education
classes and one program provides only supervised visitations. It is the
intent of the Kansas' Office of the Attorney General to expand and
create child exchange and visitation programs in all 31 judicial
districts.

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## Part V: Projects Funded by States with FFY 98 OCSE Dollars

# 

**Grantee Name, Address Amount of Award & Number of Parents Served:**

& Phone Number Services Provided Total \# \# fathers \# mothers

+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 1.  CASA of           | Supervised visitation | 32                    |
|     Leavenworth       |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| > Delaware, Kansas    |                       |                       |
| >                     |                       |                       |
| > \(913\) 651-6440    |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 2.Sunflower CAS       | Monitored Visitation, |                       |
|                       | Neutral               |                       |
| Manhattan, KS         | drop-off/pickup       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| \(785\) 537-6367      |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 3.Douglas County      | Education; supervised | 54 27 27              |
| Visitation & Exchange | visitation; monitored |                       |
| Center                | exchanges;            |                       |
|                       | cooperative parenting |                       |
| > St. Lawrence, KS    | (exchange families    |                       |
| > 66047               | only)                 |                       |
| >                     |                       |                       |
| > \(785\) 749-2664    |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| > Child Visitation &  | Education, supervised | 24 12 12              |
| > Exchange Center     | visitation, neutral   |                       |
| >                     | drop-off/pickup,      |                       |
| > Hutchinson, KS      | referral              |                       |
| > 67501               |                       |                       |
| >                     |                       |                       |
| > \(316\) 665-1471    |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
|                       |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 5\. Emporia Child     | Supervised            | 21 11 10              |
| Visitation Center     | visitation, neutral   |                       |
|                       | drop-off/pickup       |                       |
| Emporia, KS 66801     |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| \(316\) 342-0076      |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 6\. Child Visitation  | Supervised            | 30 15 15              |
| Program/Sunflower     | Visitation, Neutral   |                       |
| Family                | drop-off/pickup       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| \(785\) 625-4000      |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 7\. Wichita           | Supervised            | 84 42 42              |
| Children's Home Child | visitation, neutral   |                       |
|                       | drop-off/pickup       |                       |
| Access Program/Family |                       |                       |
| Link                  |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| \(316\) 684-6581 Ext. |                       |                       |
| 248                   |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 8\. YMCA Safe Visit   | Education, supervised | 84 42 42              |
| Program               | visitation, neutral   |                       |
|                       | drop-off/pickup       |                       |
| Topeka, KS 66608      |                       |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
| \(785\) 234-4677      |                       |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

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# Participant Data: Part A

(by income and marital status)

**Grantee Name & Average Annual Parent Participation Rates:**

#### Program Title Income 

####  divorced separated unwed

+---------------+-----------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| 1.CASA of     | Did not   | 50%         | 5%          | 45%         |
| Leavenworth   | collect   |             |             |             |
| Delaware      |           |             |             |             |
+---------------+-----------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| 2\. Sunflower | Less      | 46%         | 15%         | 11%         |
| CASA          | \$10K 22% |             |             |             |
|               |           |             |             |             |
|               | \$10-19K  |             |             |             |
|               | 45%       |             |             |             |
|               |           |             |             |             |
|               | \$20-29K  |             |             |             |
|               | 22%       |             |             |             |
|               |           |             |             |             |
|               | \$30-39 K |             |             |             |
|               | 11%       |             |             |             |
+---------------+-----------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| 3\. Douglas   | Less      | 60%         | 14%         | 24%         |
| County        | \$10K 25% |             |             |             |
| Visitation &  |           |             |             |             |
| Exchange      | \$10-19K  |             |             |             |
| Center        | 50%       |             |             |             |
|               |           |             |             |             |
|               | \$20-29K  |             |             |             |
|               | 20%       |             |             |             |
|               |           |             |             |             |
|               | \$30-39K  |             |             |             |
|               | 5%        |             |             |             |
+---------------+-----------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| 4\. Child     | Less      | 80%         | 5%          | 15%         |
| Visitation &  | \$10K 70% |             |             |             |
| Exchange      |           |             |             |             |
| Center        | \$10-19K  |             |             |             |
|               | 25%       |             |             |             |
|               |           |             |             |             |
|               | \$20-29   |             |             |             |
|               |           |             |             |             |
|               | \$30-39   |             |             |             |
|               | 5%        |             |             |             |
+---------------+-----------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| 5.Emporia     | Less      | 60%         | 20%         | 20%         |
| Child         | \$10K 60% |             |             |             |
| Visita        |           |             |             |             |
| tion/exchange | \$10-19K  |             |             |             |
| Center        | 30%       |             |             |             |
|               |           |             |             |             |
|               | \$20-29K  |             |             |             |
|               | 10%       |             |             |             |
+---------------+-----------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| 6\. Child     | \$10-19K  | No Info     | No Info     | No Info     |
| Visitation    | 25%       |             |             |             |
| Prog          |           |             |             |             |
| ram/Sunflower | \$20-29K  |             |             |             |
| Family        | 35%       |             |             |             |
|               |           |             |             |             |
|               | \$30-39 K |             |             |             |
|               | 30%       |             |             |             |
|               |           |             |             |             |
|               | \$40K +   |             |             |             |
|               | 10%       |             |             |             |
+---------------+-----------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| 7\. Wichita   | Less      | 84%         | 6%          | 10%         |
| Children's    | \$10K     |             |             |             |
| Home Child    | 22.4%     |             |             |             |
| Access        |           |             |             |             |
| P             | \$10-19 K |             |             |             |
| rogram/family | 10.9%     |             |             |             |
| Link          |           |             |             |             |
|               | \$20-29K  |             |             |             |
|               | 32.7%     |             |             |             |
|               |           |             |             |             |
|               | \$30-39K  |             |             |             |
|               | 22.4%     |             |             |             |
|               |           |             |             |             |
|               | \$40K +   |             |             |             |
|               | 11.6%     |             |             |             |
+---------------+-----------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| 8\. YMCA Safe | No Info   | 50%         | 10%         | 40%         |
| Visit Program |           |             |             |             |
+---------------+-----------+-------------+-------------+-------------+

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# Participant Data: Part B

(by race/ethnicity**)**

**Grantee Name [RACIAL / ETHNIC BREAKOUT:]{.underline}**

**White Black Hispanic Asian Native Pacific Don't**

**American Islander Know**

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  --------------------- ----------- ----------- --------- ------- ------- --------- --------
  **1**.**CASA of       **93%**     **7%**                                          
  Leavenworth**                                                                     

  **2.Sunflower CASA**  **78%**                 **16%**                             **4%**

  **3.Douglas County    **87%**     **8%**      **3%**                              **2%**
  Visitation &                                                                      
  Exchange**                                                                        

  **4.Child Visitation  **98%**                 **1%**                              
  & Exchange Center**                                                               

  **5.Emporia           **93%**     **2%**      **5%**                              
  Visitation/exchange                                                               
  Center**                                                                          

  **6.Child Visitation  **100%**                                                    
  Program/Sunflower**                                                               

  **7. Wichita          **81.5%**   **12.7%**   **4%**                    **.2%**   **1%**
  Children's Home Child                                                             
  Access Program/Family                                                             
  Link**                                                                            

  **8. YMCA Safe Visit  **80%**     **10%**     **10%**                             
  Program**                                                                         
  --------------------- ----------- ----------- --------- ------- ------- --------- --------

#### Don't Know \_\_\_\_\_\_ Other, \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ 

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# Sources of Client Referral

**GRANTEE**

> Self-Referral TANF Child Welfare Child Support Social Services Courts
> Private Agency

  ------------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
  1.CAS of                                                   X        
  Leavenworth                                                         

  2.Sunflower   X                                   X        X        X
  CASA                                                                

  3\. Douglas                     X                          X        X
  County                                                              
  Visitation &                                                        
  Exchange                                                            
  Center                                                              

  4.Child       X                 X                          X        
  Visitation &                                                        
  Exchange                                                            
  Center                                                              

  5.Emporia     X                 X                          X        
  Visitation                                                          
  Exchange                                                            
  Center                                                              

  6.Child       X                 X                          X        
  Visitation                                                          
  Program                                                             
  Sunflower                                                           
  Family                                                              

  7\. Wichita   X                 X                 X        X        X
  Children's                                                          
  Home Child                                                          
  Access                                                              
  Program                                                             
  Family Link                                                         

  8\. YMCA Safe X        X        X        X                 X        X
  Visit Program                                                       
  ------------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------