It takes a village... to ensure child safety

Parenting styles vary greatly, but it can be agreed that ensuring a child's life is free from intentional or preventable harm is every citizen's responsibility. The government uses statistics and reports to create safety programming and allocate funds to agencies that serve families and children. These programs and gencies help parents ensure the safety of their children. Learn what the state and federal governments are doing to ensure the safety of all children in Kansas.

IF YOU SUSPECT ANY CHILD IS BEING HARMED or NEGLECTED,
contact the Kansas Protection Report Center at 1-800-922-5330

Government Studies and Statistics:

Annual report of the Child Death Review Board, a division of the Attorney General's Office:
http://www.ksag.org/files/2011_SCDRB_Annual_Report.pdf

Kansas Social and Rehabilitation Services (SRS) Reports and Publications:
http://www.srs.ks.gov/agency/cfs/Pages/CFSOutcomesandReports.aspx

Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) Reports and Statistics:
http://www.kdheks.gov/phi/khsr.html

Center for Disease Control (CDC) Child Health Statistics:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/children.htm

KidsCount data center:
http://www.aecf.org/MajorInitiatives/KIDSCOUNT.aspx

Missing or exploited children:

AMBER Alert program in Kansas:
http://www.ksamber.org/ksamber/index.do

National Center for Missing or Exploited Children:
http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PublicHomeServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US

Federal Office to Monitor Trafficking of Persons:
http://www.state.gov/g/tip/

FBI Office of Human Trafficking:
http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/civilrights/human_trafficking

How to get assistance for children you suspect are involved in human trafficking:
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/orr/policy/sl10-05.htm

Child Abuse or Neglect:

Kansas Child Protective Services:
http://www.srs.ks.gov/agency/cfs/Pages/ChildProtectiveServices.aspx

Kansas SRS Child Abuse & Neglect Registry:
http://www.srs.ks.gov/agency/cfs/Pages/AbuseNeglectRegistry.aspx

Kansas Save Haven Law. ***If you have an infant up to 45 days old, which you are unable to care for financially, physically, emotionally or otherwise you may give your child over to a medical facility, fire station or health department. Choose this option over harming your child:
http://www.nationalsafehavenalliance.org/states/kansas/
http://www.ksrevisor.org/2010/C38/38-2282.pdf

Sexual Violence:

KDHE Sexual Violence and Education division:
http://www.kdheks.gov/rpe/index.html

Kansas Bureau of Investigation offender registry list:
http://www.accesskansas.org/kbi/ro.shtml

Rape statistics:
http://www.kdheks.gov/rpe/download/rape_indicators.pdf

Healthcare and Nutrition:

KDHE Bureau of Family Health:
http://www.kdheks.gov/bfh/index.html

Kansas WIC program:
http://www.kdheks.gov/nws-wic/index.html

CDC Nutrition information:
http://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/professionals/data/index.html

National Institute of Health information:
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/Diet_and_Nutrition.cfm

School and Childcare Safety:

Kansas Department of Education:
http://www.ksde.org/Default.aspx?tabid=3905

Kansas Coordinated School Health Program:
http://www.kshealthykids.org/KCSH_Menus/KCSH_Home.htm

Kansas Attorney General:
http://www.ksag.org/page/kansas-state-child-death-review-board-encourages-safety-for-school-children

KDHE Childcare Licensing:
http://www.kdheks.gov/bcclr/index.html

Safekids Kansas:
http://www.safekidskansas.org/child_care.htm


SIDS and Safe sleeping:

Kansas Attorney General:
http://www.ksag.org/page/kansas-state-child-death-review-board-promotes-sudden-infant-death-syndrome-sids-awareness

CDC SIDS information:
http://www.cdc.gov/SIDS/index.htm

Back to Sleep campaign from the National Institute on Health:
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/sids/

Safe Transportation:

KDHE information on child safety seats:
http://www.kdheks.gov/kansasbooster/

Safekids Kansas information:
http://www.safekidskansas.org/child_passenger.html
and
http://www.safekidskansas.org/pedestrian.html

Kansas Department of Transportation:
http://www.ksdot.org/burTrafficSaf/brochures/pdf/itsthelawprimarymay2010.pdf