The Child Welfare League of America's public policy division works with its member agencies, state and Congressional leaders, and the Administration to monitor public and private sector policies and promote action that will benefit vulnerable children and youths, their families, and their communities. Consumers, advocates, and legislators must all become informed and take action on
Does the child welfare workforce currently have the capacity to ensure that every child who is at risk of abuse or neglect, or who is the victim of such maltreatment, is receiving a full range of prevention and/or intervention services? There is a substantial body of evidence that suggests this workforce capacity does not exist.
Does your organization have any estimates on the number of additional children that would be brought into the Federal foster care system-that is the number of additional children in the Federal foster care program whose households would receive checks supported with Federal funds-under the provisions of H.R. 5466?In their proposed budget for 2009, the Administration
