Child Protection, Foster Care and Adoption

Background

Background on Child Protection, Foster Care and Adoption

Latest News

HNR: Foster Care Bill Passes the House (7/2/08)
WashPost: GOP Leaders Agree to $41.6 Billion Spending Cut (12/19/05)
HNR: House and Senate to Attempt Passing a Final Bill Cutting Aid to Poor (12/9/05)
HNR: Labor-HHS-Education Bill Must Clear One Last Hurdle (12/9/05)
NYTimes: GOP Forces $50 Billion in Budget Cuts Through House (11/18/05)
HNR: House Leadership Can't Dig Up Votes to Slash Medicaid, Child Support, Food Stamps, SSI, and Foster Care (11/11/05)

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Policy Analyses and Research

Urban Institute: Coming of Age: Employment Outcomes for Youth Who Age Out of Foster Care Through their Middle Twenties (4/18/08)
CWLA: Ten Years of Leaving Foster Children Behind (07/01/06)
CLASP: Final 2006 Budget Bill Cuts Services to Abused and Neglected Children (2/16/06)
CHN: State Fact Sheets - How Budget Cuts Will Affect Your State (1/13/06)
CBPP: Budget Conference Agreement Contains Substainal Cuts Aimed at Low-Income Families (12/18/05)
National Adoption Day: Foster Care Adoption - An Analysis of Interest & Review of Recruitment Strategies (12/7/05)
CHN: Labor-HHS-Education Bill Slashes Services for Low-Income People (11/17/05)

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Government Resources

Summary and Status of Public Law 109-171 - formerly S. 1932/H.R. 4241 "Deficit Reduction Act" (signed into law 2/8/06) This law cuts child welfare services
Status and text of H.R. 3010 the Fiscal 2006 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Act (signed into law 12/30/05)
Status and text of H.R. 4241 "Deficit Reduction Act" (The budget reconciliation bill approved by the House 11/18/05)
Senate Appropriations Committee: S. Rept. 109-103 Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Bill for FY 2006 (7/14/05)
House Appropriations Committee: H. Rept. 109-143 Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Bill for FY 2006 (6/21/05)

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