The Administration’s budget includes several proposed appropriations increases or changes in law to expand child welfare services, particularly for children and families involved with foster care. It is in fact a change for a budget area that rarely experiences any requested increases beyond what happens under the entitlement programs. Whether any action takes place will
On Wednesday, November 19, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs held a hearing on “Protecting Our Children’s Mental Health: Preventing and Addressing Childhood Trauma in Indian Country.” The hearing took place one day after the Department of Justice’s Task Force on American Indian and Alaska Native Exposed to Violence released a scheduled report. The 258
United States Commission on Civil Rights September 21, 2007 Briefing The Multiethnic Placement Act: Minority Children in State Foster Care and Adoption The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA), representing public and private nonprofit, child-serving member agencies across the country, is pleased to participate in the briefing before the
December 21, 1998 The Honorable Donna E. Shalala Secretary U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20201-0004 Dear Secretary Shalala: I write in reference to the Multiethnic Placement Act of 1994 as amended by the Interethnic Adoption Provisions of 1996 (MEPA/IEP). We are in complete disagreement with