Across the nation, child welfare services and the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant are intricately linked. TANF, the 1996 replacement for Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), is a critical funding source for child welfare services while also being the main source of cash assistance to many of the same or
CWLA's Position on Same-Sex Parenting The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) affirms that lesbian, gay, and bisexual parents are as well suited to raise children as their heterosexual counterparts. Issue Since 1920, CWLA and its member agencies have worked to ensure that abused, neglected, and other vulnerable children are protected from harm.
Background Under federal statute children receiving Title IV-E adoption assistance or foster care are categorically eligible for Medicaid. States have the option to extend Medicaid benefits to non-IV-E eligible children in foster care, which all states do. Therefore the general notion is that most children in the child welfare system are Medicaid recipients. Federal law
March 23, 2007 The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA), representing public and private nonprofit, child-serving member agencies across the country, is pleased to submit testimony to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education this morning. As you consider the FY 2008 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education appropriations bill
May 15, 2007 The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA), representing public and private nonprofit, child-serving member agencies across the country, is pleased to submit testimony to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support. CWLA commends the Subcommittee and its members for taking up the issue of child welfare. We feel that
December 8, 2005 Proposed measures: https://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/ pdf/05-22095.pdf (PDF file; Requires Adobe Reader.) The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) and the National Working Group to Improve Child Welfare Data, representing all 51 states, are pleased to respond to the proposed CFSR measures outlined in the Federal Register of November 30, 2005. Part 1: General Comments
Now that the new leadership of the Senate Finance Committee is settling in, there is the possibility that the Congress can finalize the Adoption Incentives reauthorization in the coming weeks. In October the House of Representatives approved the “Promoting Adoption and Legal Guardianship for Children in Foster Care Act” (H.R. 3205). The bill was passed on suspension,
November 20, 2008 On November 20--the 19th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the world's most ratified international human rights treaty--four panelists presented a briefing to encourage the U.S. Senate to accept the CRC. Focusing on the effect the CRC has on children's health issues,
CWLA Testimony to the House Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support for the Hearing on Racial Disproportionality in Foster Care July 31, 2008 The Child Welfare League of America represents hundreds of state and local child welfare organizations including both public and private, and faith-based agencies. CWLA members provide a range of
March 21, 2008 The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) submits the following testimony on behalf of public and private child-serving agencies nationwide. We urge the Appropriations Committee to restore funding for the Prompting Safe and Stable Families program to no less than $100 million in discretionary funding, the amount provided in FY
