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Weston Charles-Gallo describes his life as an LGBTQ foster youth.

7/6/2021

LGBTQ Youth Make Up One Third of Foster Care, But Are Often Poorly Served

Jeremy Loudenback

One in three foster youth identify as LGBTQ, and evidence shows they are among the most likely to face difficulty in government care.

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6/17/2021

Supreme Court Says Philadelphia Violated Catholic Child Welfare Group’s First Amendment Rights

John Kelly

The unanimous decision in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia found that by requiring Catholic Social Services to approve the homes of same-sex couples, it had violated the faith-based organization’s rights.

5/27/2021

House Close to Barring Discrimination Against LGBTQ Foster Youth and Parents

Megan Conn

Continuing a decade-long effort, members of Congress are rallying to prohibit federally-funded foster care agencies from discriminating against prospective parents, and to protect LGBTQ foster youth from abusive "conversion therapy."

Youth Services Insider

11/5/2020

U.S. Supreme Court Hears Religious Freedom Case Involving Foster Care Contract

John Kelly

The U.S. Supreme Court. Photo: AP
While most of the country had their eyes and ears glued to, um, something else, Youth Services Insider listened in on the oral arguments in Fulton v.

Youth Services Insider

2/25/2020

Could Supreme Court Decision Lead to Pseudo-Bans on LGBT Foster and Adoptive Parents?

John Kelly

As we reported yesterday, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, a case related to the constitutionality of faith-based discrimination in child welfare. Some religiously affiliated providers, lead among them Catholic Social Services (CSS), want that right.

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