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January 15, 2013
Rep. Michele Bachmann is getting credit today for her bipartisan work to improve educational opportunities for foster children. President Obama on Monday night signed a bill that Bachmann helped champion, the Uninterrupted Scholars Act.
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January 13, 2013
The Uninterrupted Scholars Act is the first major piece of legislation passed through the efforts of the Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth, founded and co-chaired by U.S. Rep. Karen Bass. After hearing the concerns of stakeholders across the country, she built a bipartisan alliance in the House and Senate to pass it.
January 7, 2013
The first signed piece of legislation from the Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth makes an important change to the laws that govern children in foster care.
June 5, 2012
Rushing down the halls of the Cannon House Office Building, shoving her way into crowded elevators and brushing shoulders in the tunnel to the Capitol, Withelma Ortiz-Walker Pettigrew told the story of her troubled youth.
June 5, 2012
The halls of Congress that Withelma Ortiz Walker Pettigrew traversed last week are a far cry from the abusive foster and groups homes she bounced around throughout her childhood.
May 31, 2012
As the country braces itself for election season’s pitched partisanship, a group of federal lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have found common ground on critical legislation that promises to streamline information exchange between education and foster care.
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May 31, 2012
Federal lawmakers proposed a bill Thursday that would give social workers better access to school records in an effort to improve education for foster children.
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April 5, 2012
On March 30, 2012, the Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth held the second stop of its nationwide listening and learning tour in Broward and Miami-Dade Counties to gain a better understanding of Florida’s state and local child welfare system.
April 5, 2012
Florida U.S. Reps. Alcee L. Hastings of Miramar and Frederica Wilson of Miami hosted the sessions that included the caucus co-chairwoman U.S. Reps. Karen Bass of California.
March 27, 2012
On March 30th, a delegation of members of congress will be taking part in a Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth Field Visit to do just that. Members will meet with child welfare advocates, local and state officials, and current and former foster youth to learn first-hand what a child experiences within the child welfare system.