Kansas

Facilities in Kansas

Residential facilities providing religious, behavioral, and mental health treatment to children exist in all 50 states. Some of these facilities are known to be part of the Troubled Teen Industry, while others have not yet been verified. Any facility where children live and receive care requires additional oversight. This directory helps communities monitor local programs and advocate for accountability.

Reporting abuse in Kansas

Kansas splits the work usefully: the Department for Children and Families investigates abuse or neglect alleged to have happened in a childcare or residential care facility, and it is required to pass any investigation involving a licensed facility straight to the Department of Health and Environment, which holds the licence. So one call to the Protection Report Center reaches both the investigation and the licensor.

Time limits in Kansas: a general guide

This was correct as far as we could tell when we checked it on 28 September 2026. Laws on time limits change often, sometimes every legislative session, so some of what follows may have been updated since. It is a starting point, not legal advice: please check with a lawyer before relying on any date here. A time limit on a lawsuit or a criminal charge is also not a time limit on telling someone, and most of the places listed below will still take a report.

Time limits for abuse of a child often run from the survivor's 18th birthday, or from when they came to understand what happened, rather than from the day the program closed. Many states have lengthened them, removed them for child sexual abuse, or reopened claims that had already expired. A criminal charge, a lawsuit and a licence complaint each have their own time limit, so one having passed does not necessarily mean the others have.

Lawsuits

Physical abuse or injury: Only one year for assault, battery or false imprisonment. Two years for negligence and other injury claims, starting when the injury is substantial or reasonably discoverable, but never more than 10 years after the act. K.S.A. 60-514(b) (intentional torts); K.S.A. 60-513(a)(4), (b) (negligence)
If it happened before you turned 18: Less certain Yes, but briefly. Someone injured as a child gets one year after turning 18 to sue, and in no case more than 8 years after the act that caused the injury. K.S.A. 60-515(a)
If the program was run by or for the government: Less certain Before suing a Kansas city, county, school district or other municipality, a written notice of claim must be filed with its clerk or governing body; you then wait for denial or 120 days. The lawsuit must still be filed within the normal deadline (1 or 2 years), with at least 90 days after denial. K.S.A. 12-105b(d)
Child sexual abuse: The civil SOL for CSA, trafficking, and CSAM civil claims against all defendants is the later of age 31 or 3 years from criminal conviction, with revival up to these age and conviction time limits. CHILD USA's summary

Criminal charges

Physical child abuse: Abuse of a child (torturing, cruelly beating, cruel corporal punishment, or cruel physical restraint such as caging or binding a child under 18) must be charged within 5 years. The clock does not run while the crime is concealed, and in some child cases it can be extended until the victim turns 28. K.S.A. 21-5107(d), (e); K.S.A. 21-5602
Assault: Aggravated assault and aggravated battery must be charged within 5 years. Kansas uses the same 5 years for misdemeanor assault and battery. K.S.A. 21-5107(d); K.S.A. 21-5412; K.S.A. 21-5413
Child sexual abuse: CSA: There is no criminal SOL for most CSA felonies, an SOL of age 28 for other sexually violent felonies, and an SOL of 5 years from the offense for any remaining felonies and misdemeanors, with a limited DNA rule. Trafficking: There is no criminal SOL for most Trafficking felonies, including aggravated human trafficking. CSAM: There is no criminal SOL for most CSAM felonies, including internet trading in child pornography. CHILD USA's summary

The injury, assault and physical abuse lines are our reading of the statutes linked, as they stood on 28 September 2026. The child sexual abuse lines are CHILD USA's summary as it stood on 28 September 2026; their page may be more current than ours. In them SOL means statute of limitations, CSA child sexual abuse, and CSAM child sexual abuse material. "Less certain" marks a line where the law is unclear or where our reading has not been confirmed, so please treat it with extra care. Exceptions, court rulings and the details of what happened can all change which time limit applies, and some of these may be longer or shorter for you than they look here. CHILD USA's statute of limitations tracker, updated as each state changes its law. A lawyer can tell you which time limit applies to you, and many offer a free first consultation.

The therapist's licensing board

Holds the individual clinician's licence and can suspend or revoke it.

Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board

Multiple professions

Regulates psychologists, social workers, professional counselors, marriage and family therapists, addiction counselors and behavior analysts, and disciplines their licences. Every complaint gets a case number, and once the Board decides to investigate, the licensee is told what is alleged.

It says plainly that it does not represent individuals and does not obtain compensation on anyone's behalf.

Use this whenAny licensed behavioral health professional in Kansas - one board covers all of them.

HowComplete the Board's Report of Alleged Violation. All complaints must be in writing.

File a complaint
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By postKansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board, Eisenhower State Office Building, 700 SW Harrison St, Ste 420, Topeka, KS 66603-3817

The agency that licenses the program

Inspects the facility itself and can cite, fine, suspend or close it.

Kansas Department of Health and Environment, child care licensing

Administers the Kansas child care licensing law and issues the licences. Where there is a regulatory concern it is required to carry out an on-site complaint survey to check whether the facility complies.

Use this whenA licensed Kansas facility, where the problem is a regulatory breach.

HowFile through the Department's complaint page, or call its complaint hotline.

A regulatory complaint forces an on-site survey; that is the practical value of using this channel alongside the abuse report.

Law enforcement and legal channels

Child protection, the Attorney General, and the criminal side.

Kansas Protection Report Center

Takes reports of abuse, neglect and exploitation of children and adults. The Department for Children and Families receives, investigates and assesses allegations of abuse or neglect said to have happened in a childcare or residential care facility, and must promptly report any investigation involving a licensed facility to the Department of Health and Environment.

Use this whenA child at a Kansas program.

HowCall, or report online. Lines are staffed around the clock.

Kansas says every call is taken seriously and every effort is made to protect the caller's identity.

Oversight and advocacy

Bodies with a right to investigate, and advocates who can act for you.

Disability Rights Center of Kansas

Kansas's Protection and Advocacy agency, with federal authority to investigate abuse and neglect of people with disabilities in facilities, a right of access to them, and free legal advocacy.

Use this whenA Kansas program where the young person has a disability or a mental health diagnosis.

HowContact the intake line.

1-877-776-1541 Main line 785-273-9661.
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National reporting channels, and the same list for other states