Latest News as of January 14, 2022

The National Association of Black Social Workers (NABSW) Calls for the Repeal of the Multi-Ethnic Placement Act (MEPA) and Inter-Ethnic Placement Act (IEPA). The fundamental challenges related to the Multi-Ethnic Placement Act (MEPA) and the Inter-Ethnic Placement Act (IEPA) are a part of a broader and longstanding pattern of systemic racism and its influence on the policy and practice foundations of this nation’s child welfare system.

Florida lawmakers are looking into to appointing lawyers to represent children so that kid’s voices should be heard. A new Office of Child Representation should be added to the current Guardian ad Litem program to provide lawyers to represent children in certain situations during dependency hearings.

Legislation update from Voice for Adoption advocacy can be found here.

Update from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation can be found here.