In the News
May 8, 2013
Foster Youth Caucus members Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) announced that they plan to reintroduce the Every Child Deserves a Family Act, which would prevent child welfare agencies from discriminating against LGBT Americans who wish to become foster or adoptive parents.
May 3, 2013
For the roughly 26,200 foster youth who aged out of the system in recent years, America is effectively telling those children you’re on your own at age 18. That’s the age where foster youth “age out” of the system.
May 1, 2013
A few days of reading the news and you’d never believe the rate of children entering foster care actually shrank dramatically over the past decade with the greatest declines coming from African-American foster youth.
April 4, 2013
March 12, 2013
A core principle of immigration reform must be a focus on protecting children of undocumented immigrants, who through no fault of their own can end up being ripped away from a loving home or denied the right to see a parent they primarily rely on to have their basic needs met.
February 11, 2013
As Congress looks toward meaningful immigration reform, we must take care not to neglect one of the most heartbreaking problems within the current, broken system: what happens to children when their parents or guardians are deported.
February 8, 2013
Studies show children of color enter foster care at disproportional rates than their share of the general population. The Pew Commission on Children in Foster Care once summarized the state of African American children in the system as facing “the gravest disparities.”
January 30, 2013
Three foster youth shared their stories with Rep. Bass before President Obama's inauguration.
January 22, 2013
Three former foster children will be in Washington on Monday to witness President Barack Obama's ceremonial inauguration for a second term.
January 16, 2013
Six years after being lost in the foster care system, RJ Sloke is the poster child for the Uninterrupted Scholars Act, or USA, which was signed by President Barack Obama on Monday. The law allows social workers and other child welfare agencies access to students’ educational records.