Chairman Patton, Vice-Chair Schrei(iii)ber, Ranking Member Carmichael, and members of the committee,
My name is Darcy Olsen, and I am here today on behalf of The Center for the Rights of Abused Children providing testimony in support of House Bill 2381.
Thank you for hearing me today.
About ten years ago, I felt inspired to become a foster parent. In my home state of Arizona, just like here in Kansas, we had more children coming into the system than we had families to take them in.
The social worker asked if I would take in a newborn because they were sleeping in office buildings across the state.