AEI Discuss Family First Progress with Child Welfare Experts
On Thursday, May 23, AEI hosted, “After the fanfare: Family First one year later,” to discuss the challenges and opportunities of implementing the historic legislation – the Family First Prevention Services Act by October 1,
CAPTA Legislation Introduced
Last week the Committee on Education & Labor members introduced the bipartisan legislation to strengthen prevention and treatment of child abuse. The Stronger Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (Stronger CAPTA). Co-sponsors include leads Representatives
Child Care and Housing New Report
On Monday, April 28, the Center on Budget and CLASP released a joint report detailing the importance and impact of child care and housing assistance. The report, Child Care and Housing: Big Expenses With
Senator Brown Introduces the Family First Transition and Support Act
On May 1, 2019, Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) introduced legislation that addresses many of the issues that we have heard about from states as they work towards implementing Family First. While
HHS releases the Handbook of Standards and Procedures for IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse
On Friday, April 26, HHS released the Title IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse Handbook of Standards and Procedures, which includes new information related to how the new Title IV-E prevention services allowable under Family First
House Appropriations Update
Last week, the House Appropriations subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor H) fiscal year 2020 draft funding bill, the largest
CAPTA Hearing in House, Approps Letter Circulates
On Tuesday, March 26, the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services of the House Education and Labor Committee will hold a hearing on the reauthorization of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA).
Administration Releases Details of Budget
Congress was out of town last week, but the Administration did send up their detailed recommendations on their proposed 2020 budget.
The CWLA budget summary can be found here with the budget chart found
The Administration Proposes Foster Care Waiver Option
The latest details on the Administration’s budget includes a continuation of last year’s optional waiver that would convert Title IV-E foster care into a block grant on a state by state basis. The goal is
Update and Action on the Violence Against Women Act
Shaquita Ogletree
Earlier this month, House Judiciary Crime Subcommittee Chairwoman Karen Bass (D-CA-37) and Representative Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1) introduced H.R.1585, the bipartisan Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019. H.R. 1585 reauthorizes the bill that includes
Child on Child Sexual Abuse
Kylie Hunter
On March 21-22, 2019, the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) held a National Symposium titled “Out of the Shadows: Confronting the Rise of Child-on-Child Harmful Sexual Behavior” at Catholic University in Washington DC.
Juvenile Criminal Justice Records
Shaquita Ogletree
On March 20, the Brookings Institute convened a panel of experts to assess the state of play on juvenile criminal justice records policy. While the juvenile justice system has recently undergone a wave of
NAS Poverty Briefing
If you weren’t able to make it, but want to revisit the event in full, the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) will have a recording of the briefing up in the coming weeks and for
Davis and Lewis Ask for HHS Response on South Carolina Placement Waiver
Ways & Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman John Lewis (D-GA) and Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis (D-IL) sent a letter to two the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) officials regarding
New Champions of Child Abuse Prevention Step Forward
On Tuesday, March 8, Congresswoman Kim Schrier (D-WA) and Congresswoman Lori Trahan (D-MA) began circulating a “Dear Colleague” letter to House offices seeking signers onto a letter to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education requesting
Hill Briefing: Cutting Child Poverty in Half Within A Decade
Tessa Buttram and Kylie Hunter
CWLA President & CEO Chris James-Brown presented to Capitol Hill during a congressional briefing hosted by Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA), Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) and Congressman Danny Davis (D-IL) titled “Cutting
CBPB: New Financial Protections for Minors Under 16, Including Foster Care
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) wants you to know about a new law that went into effect last year that has the potential to help out some young people in foster care who
Budget Repeats Unsuccessful Cuts and Ideas
The President’s budget, with greater detail later today or this week does reveal enough to demonstrate that the Administration is going a third round on some past budget cuts that went nowhere in a Congress
No Small Matter
Shaquita Ogletree
On Thursday, March 13, America Forward and its network partners, National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), Save the Children Action Network, and the Annie E. Casey Foundation, hosted an event that
President’s Child Care Likely Not Building on Bipartisan Progress of 2014-2019
Despite the advocacy for more child care funding, the President’s child care proposal does not increase funding for the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) beyond the 2019 budget of $5.2 billion. It does
Immigration Bill Introduced
The DREAM and Promise Act was introduced on Tuesday, March 12 by Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), with Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), and Congresswoman Yvette Clarke (D-NY) as the lead sponsors out of a total
Senators Oppose Waiver to South Carolina on Child Welfare Recruitment
A group of 40 senators sent a letter to Health and Human Secretary Alex Azar on Wednesday, March 13, condemning the recent decision by HHS to
Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Voted Out of Committee
On Wednesday, March 13, the House Judiciary Committee approved a reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), HR 1585. The legislation, sponsored by Congressperson Karen Bass (D-CA) would reauthorize the historic law that
Congressional Leaders Ask HHS to Step Up On Family First
On Thursday, March 7, four key congressional leaders on child welfare asked HHS Secretary Alex Azar to increase the HHS efforts on the implementation of the Family First Act. The letter signed by Senate
Partial FY 2020 Budget Released Today
Today, the President will release a part of his FY 2020 budget. The budget is scheduled for the first week of February but due to the government shutdown it was delayed. Today’s unveiling will be