Politics

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  Bipartisan Bill in House Would Eliminate Foster Care Income Test, Ease Move Toward Family First Act

  May 10, 2019 0

    A renewed effort to amend federal foster care funding rules, and nudge states toward a recently passed reform package, has gained its first Republican endorsement. A bipartisan group in the House of Representatives will [...]

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  Nebraska Moving Toward Family First Act Contracts

  May 9, 2019 0

  Earlier this week, Nebraska Division of Children and Family Services issued two requests for qualifications (RFQs) for potential providers of services under the Family First Prevention Services Act. The RFQs asked for proposals on Evidence-Based [...]

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  Two Bills That Offer More Support to Relatives, Who are Expected to Play a Bigger Role Under Family First Act

  April 29, 2019 Comments Off on Two Bills That Offer More Support to Relatives, Who are Expected to Play a Bigger Role Under Family First Act

  In addition to planned legislation that makes significant changes to federal child welfare finance, two new federal bills have been introduced that would target support for relative caregivers, a key constituency in the reforms envisioned under [...]