A Proclamation on National Foster Care Month, 2022 Every May, we renew our commitment to ensuring that all youth in foster care have the love, support, and resources they need to thrive. We also celebrate the families who provide safe and loving homes for our Nation’s foster children. We share … [Read more...]

US: Grandparents step up. So should we. Donna Butts, Generations United (Opinion) Washington Post - April 22, 2022 Dorothy Roberts's April 17 Outlook essay, "Five Myths: Child welfare" missed one critical factor in raising children in safe, stable and loving homes when their parents are unable to … [Read more...]

Lawmakers Call on State Department to Let Ukrainian Kids Awaiting Adoption Come to U.S. Immediately WASHINGTON Friday, March 25, 2022 8:10 am Hundreds of Ukrainian children already in the process of being adopted by American families are caught in limbo amid Russia's invasion of their home … [Read more...]

Kinship Caregivers in D.C. Say Child Welfare Agency Owes Foster Payments Three years ago, a Washington, D.C., woman received a distressed call with an urgent request: Her sister was being admitted to a psychiatric hospital and needed help caring for her then-5-year-old daughter. Could she take … [Read more...]

Big shift in NJ foster care — 70% of kids placed with 'kin' When kids in New Jersey need to be taken from their homes due to unfortunate circumstances such as abuse and neglect, their next stop isn't what most people may think of as a traditional foster home. There's been a big push in the … [Read more...]

BLOG: Kinship Care and New Jersey’s Revised Kinship Legal Guardianship Act Kinship care – placing children with relatives rather than non-relative foster parents – is associated with significant benefits for children and youth, including improved mental and behavioral health. Specifically, … [Read more...]

Bill reintroduced in U.S. House to support grandparents raising grandchildren WASHINGTON, D.C. (WWLP) – U.S. House of Representatives Rules Committee Chairman James P. McGovern (MA-02) and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) reintroduced the Grandfamily Housing Act, a bill to create a new, … [Read more...]

Coronavirus Relief Bill Includes $10 Million for Kinship Care Center All but unnoticed in news coverage of the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package President Joe Biden signed on Thursday is $10 million to start up a technical assistance center to help relative caregivers who step up to fill … [Read more...]

Helping grandfamilies: Hassan, Collins say a bill is needed for 'kinship caregivers' WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Maggie Hassan, D-NH, and Susan Collins, R-Maine, announced they have reintroduced the Help Grandfamilies Prevent Child Abuse Act to support kinship caregivers. These caregivers are … [Read more...]

Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Information for 2021: Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for approximately 70 million Americans will increase 1.3 percent in 2021. The 1.3 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will begin with benefits payable to more than 64 million … [Read more...]