Help center help abused kids

The Child Advocacy Center of Sedgwick County’s pitch to the Sedgwick County Commission for $120,000 proved unsuccessful last week. But this long-sought, year-old collaborative center deserves help from elected officials at all levels, to ensure it has what it needs to help abused and endangered children and investigate their cases. Because the basement of the Finney State Office Building can no longer handle the center’s 34 employees and its work on behalf of 2,500 children a year, the community needs to be a partner in finding other space. As Diana Schunn, the center’s executive director, updates the commission monthly on the center’s progress toward finding another site, others in the community with ideas and resources should step up as they can and help this vital center do its work.

7 Comments

  1. Political_mama
    Posted August 9, 2009 at 10:18 am | Permalink

    Why would the city of Wichita fail to help their abused children? Local Government= epic fail.

    How do 35 employees deal with 2500 cases a year?

    That is more than 7 cases PER DAY including weekends and holidays.

  2. JWink
    Posted August 9, 2009 at 11:01 am | Permalink

    One way to come up with Sedgwick County’s share of $120,000 FOR THE KIDS is by resignation of holdover county commissioner, Dave Unruh, or holdover county commissioner, Tim Norton, each of whom cost the county more than $120,000 per year for salaries plus perks plus tasty snacks.

    If only one of the above named holdover county commissioners who misspent 1/2 billion dollars for the unneeded, unwanted downtown Intrust arena would resign his government position … Sedgwick County could pay our share for food, board and room for the orphans represented by the Kansas Child Advocacy Center.

    So Commissioners Norton or Unruh, the balls in your court.

  3. Political_mama
    Posted August 9, 2009 at 4:10 pm | Permalink

    It says a lot that nobody has commented on this. Just shows how little cons care about kids after they’re born. Disgraceful.

    But you’re right there Jwink, that arena, now that’s IMPORTANT for taxpayers to pay.

    God, no wonder society sucks.

  4. totoinks
    Posted August 9, 2009 at 4:30 pm | Permalink

    What’s worse is when these Conservatives profess to be such good Christians. If this is compassionate conservatism, then I’d rather take my chances with the known heathens!

  5. TomPaine
    Posted August 9, 2009 at 4:44 pm | Permalink

    The handout to airtran would be than enough to cover this

  6. Politico
    Posted August 9, 2009 at 6:00 pm | Permalink

    The abused children do not have advocates to get the ear of the commissioners.

  7. reylynnwoo
    Posted August 31, 2009 at 2:14 pm | Permalink

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