Warner urges administration to prioritize foster youth outcomes in COVID-19 recovery
Published Sunday, May. 23, 2021, 8:54 pm
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Mark Warner
U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) led a group of 12 colleagues in urging the Biden administration to work with states, tribes, and territories to prioritize young people in the foster care system, who have been particularly afflicted by the COVID-19 health and economic crisis.
In a letter to the Administration for Children and Families at U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the senators stressed the disparate outcomes faced by young people in foster care in the areas of educational attainment, employment rates, and earnings, and urged the administration to ensure that states take full advantage of existing flexibilities to mitigate th
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Last week, Gov. Laura Kelly issued a proclamation recognizing May as Foster Care Month in Kansas. While this symbolic recognition is important, the significant progress we’ve made under Gov. Kelly’s leadership to recreate a comprehensive child well-being system cannot be overstated.
When we began our work in 2019, we inherited an overwhelmed system.
Before 2019, youths in care moved too frequently between placements, spent too much time in offices instead of with families, and Kansans were limited by few support systems outside of foster care.
After taking office, Gov. Kelly immediately instructed the Kansas Department of Children and Families to reform not just the foster care system but the entire child welfare apparatus in Kansas to better serve our children and families.