Why?
This article from Children’s Rights tells a sobering truth: “regardless of which political party is in power, children in the United States have been overlooked, short-changed, and forgotten.”
When Family is in Trouble, Family is the Answer
Kinship Care is key to keeping children out of stranger foster care, by placing them with extended families. H.R.9076 – Supporting America’s Children and Families Act is a funding and policy shift that makes Kinship Care a priority. The 26 page bill also changes the law so that living in poverty is no longer classified as neglect and cannot be used to separate children from their families.
Correcting Bad Policy
Interesting news from New York City where child welfare agencies routinely investigate parents who report being domestically abused, but a state appellate court ruled that the practice is illegal. “This unanimous decision puts an end across the state to this decades-long practice of conducting unbounded surveillance for months or even years on end of parents charged with no wrongdoing,”
