LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – The head of the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services says the state has now reclaimed management of the child welfare cases that were handled by one private lead agency.
Department CEO Kerry Winterer announced that the transition from KVC Nebraska to the state is complete. KVC Nebraska had served a 19-county area in southeast Nebraska, including one-third of the cases in the Omaha area.
Nebraska state officials have now assumed case management duties in 17 of those counties. Another lead agency, Nebraska Families Collaborative, is taking over the cases in Douglas and Sarpy counties.
State officials have said they will hire case managers from KVC Nebraska to keep them working with the same children as much as possible.