All babies, children and youth in foster care are quite literally our kids, under the care and oversight of our community’s child welfare systems. Histories of maltreatment and futures without certain permanency make formidable obstacles to healthy growth and development. Until every child has a safe and loving family, we must ensure effective and adequate supports and services for this particularly vulnerable population so they have the best opportunity to heal and flourish.

• Education for Children and Youth in Foster Care
• Infants and Toddlers in Child Welfare
• Older Youth
  • John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program
  • (Foster Care) Independent Living Program

• Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act (P.L. 110-351)
• The Uninterrupted Scholars Act (P.L. 112-278)
• Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth Summary of the Uninterrupted Scholars Act (112^th Congress, S. 3472, HR 5871)

• Preventing Sex Trafficking and Improving Opportunities for Youth in Foster Care Act (2/2014)
• CWLA’s Fostering ConnectionsTestimony – House Ways and Means Subcommittee (9/15/2009)
• CWLA Testimony Submitted to the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care for the Hearing on the Health Care Needs of Children in the Foster Care System (10/13/99)
• Mark Kroner Testimony before the House Ways & Means Subcommittee on Human Resources for the Hearing on Foster Care Independent Living (5/13/99)
• CWLA Testimony Submitted to the Ways and Means Subcommittee On Human Resources For The Hearing On The Challenges Confronting Older Children Leaving Foster Care (3/9/99)