Cole Epley - KS 4th Congressional District - Foster Care Reform Blueprint

Cole Epley is running for Kansas’ 4th Congressional District in the August 4th Democratic Primary.Learn more about Cole Epley here:https://www.epleyforcongress.com/Epley discusses foster care reform in detail, especially the rights of foster youth, teenagers aging out of care, and the way children can be treated more like property than people. He explains that he wrote a proposed bill to create federal minimum guidelines for foster youth rights across states, drawing from existing state models and aiming for a child-welfare approach that could be bipartisan. The conversation also covers the limits of what a first-term member of Congress can lead, Tennessee’s approach to placing foster children in detention-like settings, cross-state placements, and how federal foster care policy is tied into the Social Security Act.See the full interview on Kansas Helen Substack and learn more about the Kansas’ 4th Congressional District Democratic primary here:You can now also watch on Kansas Helen YouTube or listen on the Kansas Helen Podcast on Apple and Spotify.#Kansas #2026elections #2026Primary #Congress #Vote Get full access to Kansas Helen at kansashelen.substack.com/subscribe