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DC UPDATE July 2005 |
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United States Capital Washington, DC |
Jim Clark, President/CEO Daniel Memorial, Inc., and Harry Wilson, Associate Commissioner for the Administration on Children, Youth & Families |
Senators
Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME) introduced The
Kinship Caregiver Support Act this spring to help grandparents and other
relatives raising children.
To read more, visit http://www.gu.org/pubupdate.asp#KinshipCaregiverSupportAct
"Understanding Foster Parenting: Using Administrative Data to Explore Retention," a new study published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), uses data from child welfare agencies in New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Oregon to explore foster parent retention. Print copies of this report can be ordered from the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information. For more information visit http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/ |
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Despite bipartisan support and a $59 million request in President Bush's budget, YouthBuild USA may lose all its federal funding because of a bureaucratic glitch in the FY06 appropriations process. Read more in Jan’s Corner from Connect for Kids at http://www.connectforkids.org/action_central
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