September 27, 2011 - Last Friday afternoon, Congress passed HR 2883, the Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act, partly a routine reauthorization of funding for core Child Welfare programs, and partly a further step towards institutionalizing Title IV-E Waivers, like that under which Alameda and Los Angeles Counties operate their child welfare and foster care programs. National Center for Youth Law recently provided a report on the as...Read more »
July 12, 2011 - The US Government Accountability Office, the non-partisan congressional watchdog agency charged with scrutinizing federal expenditures, today released a new report critiquing the methodology used by state agencies and the Department of Health and Human Services to count the abuse-related deaths of American children. Read More...Read more »
June 08, 2011 - Though United States Representative Pete Stark's (D - California) bill didn't make it out of the House of Representatives last session, the issue of the use of foster children's SSI Benefits is still brewing in Congress. Senator John Kerry (D - Massachusetts) has introduced a bill in the United States Senate similar to Rep. Stark's bill, but containing some substantive differences that address some of FYA's past concerns. While Senator Kerry's bill...Read more »
June 08, 2011 - The United States Senate and House of Representatives are both considering bills this session that would extend the Department of Health and Human Services' authority to approve Title IV-E Waivers for flexible funding to up to ten states. The House has passed their bill (H.R. 1194) with a voice vote, which makes no substantial changes to the existing Waiver program. The Senate's bill (S. 1013) is still in committee, and contains some...Read more »
March 28, 2011 - This editorial, by Daniel Heimpel of Fostering Media Connections, was released by the Bay Citizen, proclaiming United States Congressman Pete Stark's attempts to protect the best interests of foster youth by protecting their SSI benefits from the child welfare systems that provide their care. We remind you of our recent post, which posed the question of whether Representative Stark's bill includes a provision about the asset limit...Read more »
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