Child Welfare

  • Child Welfare

    Children Need Amazing Parents, Not Discrimination

    Supporting and affirming the loving parents who provide homes for children in foster care is in the best interest of those kids. To fulfill our duty to children, it is imperative that we build policies that help foster and adoptive parents be the best they can be.

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  • Child Welfare

    End of Year Wins for Children

    Today, Congress passed two large spending packages to fund the government through FY2020 and thus averted a government shutdown. The packages authorize nearly $1.4 trillion in spending and include some important wins for children, including the FFTA.

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  • Child Welfare

    Letter in Support of the Family First Transition Act

    CDF led an effort to garner support from nearly 400 national and state organizations across the country in support of the Family First Transition Act. This Act presents a bold plan to help states, tribes and territories meet the unique fiscal and statutory requirements of implementation. Once enacted, it will provide critical tools to help states, tribes and territories take advantage of the opportunities contained in Family First, so that more children and families can thrive.

  • Child Welfare

    Comments on HHS Nondiscrimination Proposed Rule

    CDF submitted comments on HHS's proposed rule on nondiscrimination protections for HHS-funded programs. Government-sanctioned discrimination is diametrically opposed to the cardinal rule of child welfare, that the best interest of the child is paramount, and, as such, it should never be allowed in the child welfare system. This rule would threaten the ability of the child welfare system to promote permanency for youth in care and will jeopardize the safety and well-being of children in foster care.

  • Child Welfare

    Proposed Rule Will Allow Taxpayer-Funded Discrimination within Child Welfare System

    CDF submitted comments against this proposed rule as it is a license to discriminate and is in direct opposition to the cardinal rule of child welfare, that the best interests of the child must always be paramount. Simply put, this rule threatens the safety, permanency and well-being of children.

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