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Connecting Home Visiting, Early Care and Education Will Benefit Families
Early care and education (ECE) and home visiting are both services that greatly benefit kids and their families. But these services are often not well coordinated at the state and local level. Early care and […]

Child Welfare
In Court, Children are Unseen and Unheard
My 16-year old client – a young woman who had already spent several years in foster care – just wanted to share her story in court. She hoped to tell the judge the ways in […]

Child Trauma
New Data Tool Measures Health of Every Baby Born in California
As California considers a raft of new early childhood investments, a new tool offers to provide information about the resources available to each of the nearly half a million babies born in the state every […]
Politics
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Proponents of a bill to extend flexible funding waivers for child welfare services in some states are looking for a member of Congress willing to lead the charge in the House of Representatives. The legislation [...]
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Short-Changed Relative Caregivers Find Champion in Georgia Lawmaker
January 26, 2019 Comments Off on Short-Changed Relative Caregivers Find Champion in Georgia LawmakerGeorgia State Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver (D) plans to push for increased payments to relatives who care for foster children during a budget hearing Monday. Oliver will ask her colleagues on the House appropriations subcommittee [...]