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
CWLA's Position on Same-Sex Parenting The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) affirms that lesbian, gay, and bisexual parents are as well suited to raise children as their heterosexual counterparts. Issue Since 1920, CWLA and its member agencies have worked to ensure that abused, neglected, and other vulnerable children are protected from harm.
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
CWLA Testimony Submitted before the Senate Committee on Finance for the Hearing on Keeping America's Promise: Health Care and Child Welfare Services for Native Americans March 22, 2007 Introduction The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA), representing public and private nonprofit, child-serving member agencies across the country, is pleased to submit testimony to
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