Restoration Family Services

What Restoration Family Services does

Restoration Family Services, Inc. is a Kansas-licensed, faith-based nonprofit child welfare agency headquartered in Wichita, KS, founded in 2017 by Sharilyn Ray. It serves children and families involved with the Kansas child welfare system, delivering a bundled set of social services: foster home recruitment and licensing, ongoing foster family support, individual and family therapy, mandated TIPS-MAPP pre-service training (30 hours), Trust Based Relational Intervention (TBRI)-informed trauma care, Birth Family Navigation Supports (BFNS), and foster parent scholarships. Its primary end customers are prospective and current foster families, birth/kinship families, and children in care, served exclusively within the state of Kansas.

The organization's technology footprint is minimal: services are delivered directly by staff via in-person meetings, phone, and a Wix-hosted informational website (rfskansas.org). There is no proprietary software platform, no mobile application, and no API. The portfolio operates as a single integrated program rather than a modular platform. RFS extends its reach through referral partnerships with Children's Alliance (training pipeline), Kansas Family Advisory Network (BFNS delivery), and Health Core Clinic (sliding-scale medical care), and runs the annual Through Their Lenses Conference as a community and thought-leadership asset.

RFS monetizes through three streams: (1) state government contracts with the Kansas Department for Children and Families for foster care licensing, support, and family preservation programs; (2) tax-deductible donations from individuals and organizations, accepted one-time or recurring at preset tiers ($50-$500+); and (3) therapeutic service fees on a sliding scale, offered with prescription assistance for uninsured clients. TIPS-MAPP training is delivered at no cost to participants. As a 501(c)-style nonprofit with 11-50 employees, no parent company, no institutional funding, and no disclosed financials, RFS is founder-led, Kansas-only, and dependent on a single state contracting counterparty for its largest revenue line.

Name

Restoration Family Services

Legal name

Restoration Family Services, Inc.

Website

https://rfskansas.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Restoration Family Services is a faith-based, Kansas-licensed nonprofit child welfare agency that recruits, licenses, and supports foster families and delivers therapy, training, and birth family navigation services to children and families in the Kansas child welfare system.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Foster Care and Child Welfare Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Child and Youth Services (624110), Other Individual and Family Services (62419)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Child Welfare, Foster Care & Adoption Services (BPAGAEAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Family & Parenting Support Services (BPAGAEAC)

Keywords

• Foster care services
• Child welfare services
• Family therapy services
• Trauma-informed care
• Foster parent training

Headquarters

HQ city

Wichita

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. State Government Contracts: Operating as a licensed child welfare agency, RFS receives funding through contracts with the Kansas Department for Children and Families (DCF) for foster care licensing, support services, and family preservation programs.
2. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Accepts financial donations from individuals and organizations; donors can deduct contributions under IRC Section 170. Donations fund scholarships and address physical needs of children in the child welfare system.
3. Therapeutic Services Fees: Board-certified family practitioners provide individual and family therapy services for all ages; offers sliding scale fees for those without insurance coverage.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Restoration Family Services is a licensed Kansas child welfare agency that recruits, licenses, and supports foster families; provides trauma-informed individual and family therapy; and delivers required TIPS-MAPP and TBRI training. Services are funded primarily through Kansas Department for Children and Families (DCF) contracts, donations, and sliding-scale therapy fees, and are delivered to children, foster families, and birth families involved in the Kansas child welfare system.

Product overview

Restoration Family Services offers a unified suite of social services for children and families in the child welfare system, centered around foster care licensing and placement, birth family support, and therapeutic services. The core portfolio includes foster care recruitment and support, birth family navigation through KFAN partnerships, individual and family therapy, and required TIPS-MAPP and TBRI training programs. Additional services include scholarships for prospective foster parents, community engagement initiatives, and the annual Through Their Lenses Conference. The organization operates as a single integrated program rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Foster Care Recruitment, licensing, and ongoing sponsorship support for foster parents providing care for children in the Kansas child welfare system, including accountability standards and DCF licensure assistance for prospective and current foster families.
• Birth Family Supports Birth Family Navigation Supports (BFNS) meetings and resource connections, delivered in partnership with the Kansas Family Advisory Network (KFAN), to help birth parents and kinship families understand the child welfare system and access community-based services.
• Therapy Services Individual and family therapy services for all ages delivered by board-certified family practitioners, with sliding scale fees and prescription assistance available for clients without insurance coverage.
• TIPS-MAPP Training Trauma-informed partnering for safety and permanency training program that meets the 30-hour state requirement for foster or adoptive parents in Kansas, provided at no cost to participants.
• Trust Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) Attachment-based, trauma-informed intervention incorporating Empowering Principles for physical needs, Connecting Principles for attachment needs, and Correcting Principles to disarm fear-based behaviors in vulnerable children served by RFS.
• Foster Parent Scholarships Financial assistance scholarships for prospective foster parents covering training and licensing requirements, funded through donations to Restoration Family Services.
• Community Engagement Volunteer opportunities, educational workshops, and fundraising events for schools, businesses, organizations, and community members to support children and families served by RFS.

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Children's AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerChildren's Alliance is a statewide organization that offers training opportunities across Kansas in partnership with member agencies like RFS. Training is provided through a contract with the Kansas Department for Children and Families (DCF) and is available to relatives, prospective and current foster/adoptive parents, residential care staff, and child welfare professionals. RFS directs prospective families to Children's Alliance training platform.
• Kansas Family Advisory Network (KFAN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKFAN provides Birth Family Navigation Supports (BFNS) - meetings designed for birth parents and kinship families who have never been involved with the child welfare system. These sessions provide opportunities to learn about the system, numerous case participants, community-based services, and available resources. Meetings are held around Kansas for family convenience.
• Health Core ClinicsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealth Core Clinic provides high quality, culturally competent, affordable patient care to people of all ages from newborns to seniors. They offer sliding scale fees and prescription assistance for those not covered by insurance. RFS connects birth families and individuals to Health Core Clinic services as part of comprehensive family support.
• Trust Based Relational Intervention (TBRI)supportingTechnology or IntegrationTBRI is an attachment-based, trauma-informed intervention designed to meet the complex needs of vulnerable children. RFS incorporates TBRI principles into their services, utilizing Empowering Principles for physical needs, Connecting Principles for attachment needs, and Correcting Principles to disarm fear-based behaviors.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Cornerstones of Care: Kansas City-based nonprofit offering foster care, adoption, residential treatment, and family support. Comparable in therapeutic and trauma-informed foster services with multi-program integration.
• Boys Town: National nonprofit delivering foster care, family services, and behavioral health, including in Kansas. Comparable in foster care licensing/support and in-school family support programming.
• TFI Family Services: Multi-state nonprofit providing foster care, adoption, case management, and family preservation services, with an active Kansas footprint. Comparable in core mission and DCF-contracted delivery model.
• St. Francis Ministries: Kansas-rooted faith-based child welfare agency delivering foster care, adoption, and family support across multiple states. Closest large-scale peer given shared faith-based origin and overlapping service lines.
• SAFY (Specialized Alternatives for Families and Youth): National nonprofit providing foster care, adoption, family preservation, and behavioral health services in Kansas and other states. Comparable service portfolio and contract-based funding model.
• KidsPeace: National nonprofit providing foster care, adoption, residential treatment, and community-based mental health services. Comparable in trauma-informed foster care and family therapy offerings.
• KVC Health Systems: Large Kansas-based child welfare and behavioral health provider offering foster care, family preservation, and residential services across multiple states. Directly comparable in service mix but operates at significantly greater scale and geographic breadth than RFS.

Regional players

• Kansas Family Advisory Network (KFAN): Statewide Kansas network supporting birth and kinship families navigating the child welfare system. Listed as a RFS partner; a peer/adjacent organization with overlapping family-advocacy mission.

Direct peers

• Chaddock: Quincy, Illinois-based nonprofit providing foster care, residential treatment, and trauma-informed services with a faith-informed lens. Similar mid-sized, mission-driven profile to RFS.
• Children's Home Society of Kansas: Kansas-based nonprofit focused on adoption, foster care, and family preservation. Most direct state-level peer given overlapping geographic focus and core service mix.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/RFSKansas
• Xx.com/RFSKansas
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/restoration-family-services-inc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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