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The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and Code for America is offering a refresher class on how to help families apply for the 2021 Expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC) before simplified filing closes on November 15, 2022. This session will also share new information on the launch of the Earned … [Read more...]

Gov. McMaster signs bill aimed at keeping some children out of foster care with strangers NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Governor Henry McMaster held a ceremonial bill signing in North Charleston on Thursday expanding access to kinship care in the state. The legislation, S. 222, allows the … [Read more...]

The Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision on Friday overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that established the constitutional right to abortion in the U.S. in 1973. The court’s controversial but expected ruling gives individual states the power to set their own abortion laws without concern of … [Read more...]

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...]