California has recorded a half-million coronavirus cases in the last two weeks and in a month could be facing a once-unthinkable caseload of n…
After more than a year of managing child welfare cases in the Omaha area, an alarmin garray of red flags has popped up around St. Francis Mini…
After more than a year of managing child welfare cases in the Omaha area, an alarming array of red flags have popped up around St. Francis Ministries.
LINCOLN — Nebraska child welfare officials did not show up to answer questions Wednesday concerning the state's $197 million contract for the …
Representatives of St. Francis Ministries, the embattled Kansas-based agency that holds the contract, also skipped the legislative hearing called by the Health and Human Services Committee.
St. Francis Ministries, based in Kansas, oversees Omaha-area child welfare cases for Nebraska. It continues to fall short on some key state standards.
LINCOLN — The private contractor overseeing Omaha-area child welfare cases continues to struggle with overburdened case managers and high work…
As health officials issued warnings Tuesday against reopening economies too quickly, the coronavirus struck inside another center of power, wi…
St. Francis’ history in Kansas has drawn concern from some Nebraska lawmakers and child advocates. In particular, they cite concerns about foster placement stability, case manager workloads and costs. "Saint Francis will meet all expectations outlined in our Nebraska contract and conform to all applicable state regulations and laws," a spokeswoman said Wednesday.
The need for LB 309, which would add one judge, is backed up by analysis by the state Judicial Resources Commission.
Like every other reasonable Nebraskan, I was horrified by the recent Nebraska child welfare inspector general’s report showing despicable case…
LINCOLN — Judge Gary Randall has spent the past two decades watching the caseload grow in Douglas County District Court.
Legislative Bill 696, introduced by State Sen. Laura Ebke of Crete, would do just that, increasing the number of judges in the district court from 16 to 17.
This fall, a new juvenile court judge will be shoehorned into a sliver of existing space in the Douglas County Courthouse or the adjacent City…
This fall, a new juvenile court judge will be shoehorned into a sliver of existing space in the Douglas County Courthouse or the adjacent City…
LINCOLN — Omaha attorney Matthew Kahler has been named to a newly created juvenile court judgeship in Douglas County.
Kahler, 40, is a partner at the Finley & Kahler Law Firm in Omaha. He has had varied experience in juvenile law during his 15 years in the profession.
Nineteen people have put in their names to be the next Juvenile Court judge for Douglas County.
Nineteen people have put in their names to be the next Juvenile Court judge for Douglas County.
The contract dispute between the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services and the Nebraska Families Collaborative over nearly half of …
LINCOLN — When Susan Pickel became a foster parent, she found that the State Department of Health and Human Services didn't have the time or r…
The proposed cuts are in response to a projected $288 million state budget gap for the period ending June 30, 2019.
LINCOLN (AP) — The Lancaster County public defender and sheriff are pressing county commissioners to hire more staff for their departments to …
Nigro said he needed four more attorneys and a paralegal to keep up with the felony caseloads. Wagner wanted six more deputies because of employee safety.
LINCOLN — Douglas County finally may get another juvenile court judge, long a top priority of a state judicial commission.
