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House CAPTA Bill Urges Greater HHS Monitoring Absent New Enforcement

When House Education and the Workforce members introduced, the Improving Safe Care for the Prevention of Infant Abuse and Neglect Act  last month, after a recent action by the Senate HELP Committee, they took a

Discussion Focuses On Growth In Use of Evidence-Based Human Services

Wednesday, March 30 Results for America and that William T Grant Foundation sponsored a Capitol Hill discussion on how to strengthen and promote the use of evidence-based practice in human services. The briefing titled Building

Congress Breaks, Budget-Appropriations Path Unclear

The House of Representatives joined the Senate in a Spring break this past Wednesday with a great deal of uncertainty on how Congress will move forward on appropriations.  There still is no agreement between Speaker

By |March 28th, 2016|Categories: Budget, Budget Policy, Child Abuse, Children's Monitor, General, Home News, House legislation, Legislation, Senate Legislation|Comments Off on Congress Breaks, Budget-Appropriations Path Unclear

House Members Introduce Safe Care-CAPTA Bill

 Last week a bipartisan group of House Members joined in on the effort to address the substance abuse-child welfare issue when they introduced a bill to amend CAPTA. The bill address the safe care plans

Groups Highlight Immigration and Unaccompanied Minors

By Dusty Murphy On Wednesday, March 23 a number of groups including the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), First Focus, National Immigration Law Center (NILC) and Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) held a briefing

By |March 28th, 2016|Categories: Advocacy, Children's Monitor, Family & Community Support, Home News, Immigration, Legislation, Protecting Youth & Families, Race, Culture & Identity|Comments Off on Groups Highlight Immigration and Unaccompanied Minors

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