The license for Carla’s Youth Residential Center in Wichita was suspended in 2018 after suspected cases of sexual and physical abuse of foster kids.
There were other concerns about poor supervision, “prohibited punishments” and unqualified staff. State and federal officials concluded that children at the home were “at risk of ongoing physical and emotional harm,” The Wichita Eagle reported at the time.
Jump forward to 2025 and issues at group homes still exist today. They are bad enough that Kerrie Lonard, head of the state foster care oversight agency the Office of the Child Advocate, is calling for additional inspections of congregate care facilities…