Andrea Dixon, founder and director of FaithBuilders. Photo by Phil Cauthon, KHI News Service.
Wichita (AP) — A three-month investigation has concluded that the founder of a nonprofit Wichita group used personal relationships to receive confidential information from a state agency and inappropriately influenced some foster care decisions.
Kansas Department of Children and Families on Monday released its findings in an investigation that began in October after the agency received complaints about placement decisions involving Faith Builders.
The probe found that staff members at DCF’s Wichita office violated agency rules by providing Faith Builders founder and executive director Andrea Dixon “more information on certain cases than was appropriate” and by “giving unnecessary deference” to Dixon and her organization on placement decisions.
Despite the findings, DCF said in its report it would resume allowing children to be placed with Faith Builders homes.