CAPTA Legislation Introduced
Last week the Committee on Education & Labor members introduced
Child Care and Housing New Report
On Monday, April 28, the Center on Budget and CLASP
Senator Brown Introduces the Family First Transition and Support Act
On May 1, 2019, Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Debbie
HHS releases the Handbook of Standards and Procedures for IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse
On Friday, April 26, HHS released the Title IV-E
CAPTA Hearing in House, Approps Letter Circulates
On Tuesday, March 26, the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and
Administration Releases Details of Budget
Congress was out of town last week, but the Administration
The Administration Proposes Foster Care Waiver Option
The latest details on the Administration’s budget includes a continuation
Update and Action on the Violence Against Women Act
Shaquita Ogletree
Earlier this month, House Judiciary Crime Subcommittee Chairwoman Karen
Child on Child Sexual Abuse
Kylie Hunter
On March 21-22, 2019, the National Center on Sexual
Juvenile Criminal Justice Records
Shaquita Ogletree
On March 20, the Brookings Institute convened a panel
NAS Poverty Briefing
If you weren’t able to make it, but want to
Davis and Lewis Ask for HHS Response on South Carolina Placement Waiver
Ways & Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman John Lewis (D-GA) and
New Champions of Child Abuse Prevention Step Forward
On Tuesday, March 8, Congresswoman Kim Schrier (D-WA) and Congresswoman
Hill Briefing: Cutting Child Poverty in Half Within A Decade
Tessa Buttram and Kylie Hunter
CWLA President & CEO Chris James-Brown
CBPB: New Financial Protections for Minors Under 16, Including Foster Care
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) wants you to
Budget Repeats Unsuccessful Cuts and Ideas
The President’s budget, with greater detail later today or this
No Small Matter
Shaquita Ogletree
On Thursday, March 13, America Forward and its network
President’s Child Care Likely Not Building on Bipartisan Progress of 2014-2019
Despite the advocacy for more child care funding, the President’s
Immigration Bill Introduced
The DREAM and Promise Act was introduced on Tuesday,
Senators Oppose Waiver to South Carolina on Child Welfare Recruitment
Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Voted Out of Committee
On Wednesday, March 13, the House Judiciary Committee approved a
Congressional Leaders Ask HHS to Step Up On Family First
On Thursday, March 7, four key congressional leaders on child
Partial FY 2020 Budget Released Today
Today, the President will release a part of his FY
Welfare Act (ICWA Campaign)
Shaquita Ogletree
The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) is a long-standing