Kinship Navigator and Other Family Connection Grant Recipients Announced
On September 30, 2009, the Children's Bureau announced the recipients of the Family Connection Grants. 24 entities across the country will be provided with grants of up to $1 million for up to three...
View ArticlePresidentaEUR(TM)s Budget Calls for Key Investments in our Most Vulnerable...
Our nation's children will be safe and well cared for only when we invest in a continuum of services including: prevention and early intervention services that help prevent child abuse and neglect...
View ArticleThe Intersection of Abuse and Neglect and Poverty
Poverty and socioeconomic status are consistently the best predictors of child abuse and neglect. In addition, those who experience abuse and neglect as children are much more likely to experience a...
View ArticleHHS Releases Funding Announcement for Home Visiting Program
On June 10, 2010, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a funding opportunity announcement for the early childhood home visiting program included as part of health care reform. The...
View ArticleChildren and Families Need More than Child Welfare Waivers aEUR"...
The current child welfare system lacks the capacity to address the needs of children who are abused or neglected, and the vast majority of federal resources to address these needs are available only...
View ArticleItaEUR(TM)s Time to Realign Child Welfare Financing Structure to Support the...
Supplemental testimony on comprehensive child welfare financing reform submitted to the U.S. House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support. CLASP argues that the broad...
View ArticleHouse Budget Plan Would Have More Kids Sliding Into the Child Welfare System
Last week, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan laid out the House's plan for spending in Fiscal Year 2012 - calling it a "Path to Prosperity" and "Restoring America's Promise." He speaks of a...
View ArticleNew Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Resources from...
On June 1, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) released the funding opportunity announcement (FOA) for $224 million in Fiscal...
View ArticleHasty Policy Response Risks More Harm Than Good
Tragic events such as the widely known child sex abuse case in Pennsylvania and the allegations against a Syracuse University assistant coach make headlines and rightly stoke community outrage.They...
View ArticleMisguided Bill Would Eliminate Critical Child Welfare Funding
Tomorrow, the House Ways and Means Committee will consider a bill to eliminate the Social Service Block Grant (SSBG). This $1.7 billion flexible funding stream helps states provide a range of critical...
View ArticleA Vision for Children in America That Everyone Should Get Behind
Recently, the Washington Post reported a moving and important story of homeless families seeking assistance. These families, in search of housing assistance, are being turned away because there are no...
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