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January 24, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last week, ahead of a House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Work and Welfare hearing on supporting youth aging out of foster care, Reps. Judy Chu (CA-28) and Erin Houchin (IN-09) introduced the Increasing Access to Foster Care Through 21 Act, which would inc ...
November 17, 2023
Governor Henry McMaster was recently joined by South Carolina Department of Social Services (SCDSS) Director Michael Leach, members of the General Assembly, non-profit leaders, and kinship caregivers for a ceremonial
November 16, 2023
Governor Henry McMaster was recently joined by South Carolina Department of Social Services (SCDSS) Director Michael Leach, members of the General Assembly, non-profit leaders, and kinship caregivers for a ceremonial
November 13, 2023
Kinship Guardianship is a judicially created relationship between a youth and a responsible adult that provides an exit to foster care as another permanency option when reunification with the youth’s parents or permanency through public adoption is not feasible.
October 5, 2023
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May 17, 2023
For tens of thousands of endangered children, foster care has become a trap door rather than the safety net they need to help them succeed. In particular, federal financing policies have favored foster care over other child welfare approaches, leading states to overuse foster care to the detriment of children who could be adopted or whose families could be rehabilitated. Congress should give states more flexibility in how they can use federal funding and stop providing foster care funding on a p...
March 30, 2023
A recently filed lawsuit accuses Humboldt County and the state's Department of Social Services of unfairly denying Native American youth access to extended foster care...