In this July 25, 2019, photo, Laura Howard, the top administrator at the Kansas Department for Children and Families, answers questions about the agency's draft guidance for foster parents and child placement agencies in caring for LGBTQ children in foster care, during an interview in Topeka, Kansas. Howard says the agency drafted the guidance in response to questions passed onto the agency from foster parents, but it's drawing criticism from conservatives. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
Kansas’ child welfare agency has drafted guidelines urging foster parents to allow LGBTQ kids in their care to “express themselves as they see themselves,” riling conservatives a little more than a year after the state granted legal protections to faith-based…
