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WICHITA, Kansas ( KAKE ) -- Local non-profit Dorothy's Lane is celebrating a new addition to its services it calls a huge win for foster care in Kansas.

Since 2016, the organization has been active in the Wichita area, offering different social services from a food and hygiene pantry to parenting classes and more. CEO Carol Brewer says this is the heart of the organization.

"I just wanted to kind of go more into social service and helping people that needed it, that didn't know that the resources are there for them," said Brewer.

Friday, the organization held a ribbon cutting to celebrate becoming a foster home placement agency -- the first of its kind in Kansas that's Black-owned, woman-owned, and offers wrap-around services.

"I think that they'

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