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“We need to ensure that IV-B funding is meeting the needs of children and families who are interacting with the child welfare system, including children and families who are in foster care, or to support broader services like child protective services and pre-foster care family stabilization or support. That’s why I am excited that this legislation includes a $75 million overall increase
The Find and Protect Foster Youth Act (S. 1146) would provide states with guidance along with technical and educational resources to help them improve their ability to identify and locate youth who have run away from or otherwise gone missing from foster care.
Leaders of the Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth to Participate in Foster Youth Shadow Day
Bipartisan Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth Announces Leadership in the 118th Congress
WASHINGTON – Co-chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth (CCFY), Rep. Karen Bass (CA-37), Rep. Don Bacon (NE-02), Rep. James Langevin (RI-02), Rep. Markwayne Mullin (OK-02), and Rep. Brenda Lawrence (MI-14), introduced a bipartisan resolution yesterday to recognize September as National Kinship Care Month.
“Any time a foster youth falls through the cracks, the government is really the one responsible,” Rep. Bass said. “When we remove children from their parents, it’s the government that becomes the parents. What can we do better? What are the tangible solutions? That’s what this event is about.
WASHINGTON— Today, the Co-Chairs of the Bipartisan Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth, Reps.