US Department Office of Tribal Justice will be an additional two years to complete a study on the needs of Native American children by President Biden shortly. The extension will give the Commission the opportunity to ensure proper Tribal engagement to inform their report and recommendations.
California Gov. Newsom is contemplating a controversial bill that will fund crisis residential treatment facilities for children and teens. Advocates for disability and children in foster care rights groups worry will simply expand more restrictive kinds of health treatments and fail to address the shortage of outpatient mental health services and crisis services for children.
Arizona nonprofit, Boost a Foster Family, helps children to be placed in a kinship home in a timely manner to be placed in a kinship home in a timely manner to avoid lengthy stays in shelters and group homes to help maintain permanency family connections. This organization helps prospective foster families fulfill their state requirements and be grated licenses quicker, which gives them access to much needed resources only available to licensed caregivers.
Legislation update fromVoice for Adoption advocacy can be found here.
Update from theHuman Rights Campaign Foundation can be found here.
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