New Child Welfare Agreement Reached

(Omaha, NE)  --  The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services is turning to a Kansas company to handle child welfare cases in the Omaha area.  State officials announced yesterday that they will award a five-year, 197-million-dollar contract to the Salina, Kansas-based St. Francis Ministry.  The new contract is less than two-thirds as expensive as the current agreement with Omaha-based PromiseShip.