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Rhode Island has made a commitment to and an investment in young adults who are exiting the department of children, youth and families (DCYF) foster care by offering them voluntary... (Read more)

This emergency legislation extends foster care for older foster youth in Washington, DC who turn 21 years of age during a public health emergency. Read the provision on p.46 of... (Read more)

This webpage from the Children's Bureau includes links to the Family First Act law, outlines the federal guidance (program instructions, information memoranda and technical bulletins), includes an overview of the... (Read more)

On December 20th, as part of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, the President signed the Family First Transition Act into law. View the full text here. The Family First... (Read more)

U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (Mo.) and Sherrod Brown (Ohio) introduced bipartisan legislation, the Child Abuse Deaths Disclosure Act, which would require states to report data on all child-abuse related deaths... (Read more)

The bill (S. 2777/H.R. 4980) presents a bipartisan effort to help jurisdictions implement the Family First Prevention Services Act more effectively and proposes to provide resources to states, tribes and... (Read more)

This overview questions-and-answers factsheet, prepared by Generations United, covers the Children’s Bureau released final National Model Foster Family Home Licensing Standards. The factsheet also provides background regarding the National Association... (Read more)

This brief focuses on adoption and guardianship for children in kinship foster care, so that these children can exit foster care into permanent families. Provides general information about the options... (Read more)

Provides an overview about how the Family First Act benefits kinship families. Gives guidance to advocates about how to help their jurisdiction receive the full benefits of the Act. Includes... (Read more)

Background on foster care data and need for reform, basis for and goals of reform efforts, timeline of legislative actions leading to Family First, and an overview of provisions. Presented... (Read more)