Kinship Care
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- Summary of Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act, H.R. 6893
- Supporting Child Well-Being: New Research Confirms Children Benefit from Kinship Care
On June 2, 2008, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Center for Law and Social Policy, the Child Welfare League of America, the Children's Defense Fund, and Generations United cohosted a pair of Capitol Hill briefings, moderated by CWLA President and CEO Christine James-Brown, highlighting new research by Dr. David Rubin, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, that compares children who enter kinship care with those who remain in foster care. Read more.
- "Dear Colleague" Letter from Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) on his Improved Adoption Incentives and Relative Guardian Support Act of 2008
- CWLA's 2007 Legislative Hot Topics
- CWLA's 2007 Legislative Agenda: Kinship Care and Assisted Guardianship
- July 2007: GAO Report--African American Children in Foster Care: Additional HHS Assistance Needed to Help States Reduce the Proportion in Care (PDF file; requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
- 2/16/07: Summary of the 2007 Kinship Caregiver Support Act (S.661 / H.R.2188)
- CWLA Letter of Support for Kinship Legislation Introduced by Representative Danny K. Davis (D-IL)
- Rosales v. Thompson
- Kinship Care Legislative Activity Archive
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