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More than 300,000 Sign Petition to End For-Profit Foster Care

8/24/2021

More than 300,000 Sign Petition to End For-Profit Foster Care

Sara Tiano

More than a quarter-million people have signed a petition calling on the federal government to ban for-profit companies from the network of homes and institutions caring for foster children.

Youth Services Insider

12/13/2019

Senate Finance Leaders Propose $100 Million to Support Older Youth in Foster Care

John Kelly

Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) have introduced a bill that would commit $100 million over five years to support programs aimed at helping older youth in foster care transition into adulthood.

Youth Services Insider
HHS

6/7/2018

Time Nearly Up to Comment on Trump Delays, Rollbacks to Foster Care Data

John Kelly

As Youth Services Insider reported back in March, the Trump administration has indicated that it might roll back some or many of the Obama-era changes to the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS), which is how the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reports state and national data on child welfare.

Youth Services Insider

10/19/2017

Senate Report Slams Public Management of Private Foster Care Industry

John Kelly

On Wednesday, Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) issued a report scrutinizing the management of private foster care providers, and skewering one especially notorious foster care agency.    Stirred by news stories chronicling dozens of child deaths because of management of foster care services by The MENTOR Network, a national for-profit provider, Hatch and Wyden directed the Senate Finance Committee to study the matter.

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