In December 2019, Congress enacted the Family First Transition Act, which includes $500 million in new federal funding to be allocated in one-time grants to state and tribal child welfare agencies to help them address implementation challenges of the Family…
Children’s Bureau Issues Information Memoranda on Data-Driven Foster Parent Recruitment and Family Time for Children in Foster Care The federal Children’s Bureau has issued new Information Memoranda (IMs) that are relevant to two of the CHAMPS policy priorities, data-driven foster…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, January 8, 2020 CHAMPS NY Statement In Response To State Of The State Address New York State Has Opportunity to Dramatically Improve Its Current Standing as the Third-Worst In the Nation At Placing Foster Youth with…
See this excellent brief by Casey Family Programs, "Key strategies to improve placement stability in foster care," which highlights effective strategies based on a survey of child welfare leaders and professionals from 44 states and counties. Strategies include: Placing children…
On October 24 and 25, 2019 state legislators and policy staff from more than 10 states gathered in Columbus, Ohio for a policy convening focused on examining policy approaches that can improve foster parent recruitment, retention and support. The meeting…
On August 1, 2019, the Children's Bureau issued an Information Memorandum (IM) to "demonstrate that family and youth voice are critical to a well-functioning child welfare system and to strongly encourage all public child welfare agencies, dependency courts, and Court…
Throughout the month of May, to celebrate foster families and in recognition of National Foster Family Appreciation Day on May 31, CHAMPS has been highlighting stories of amazing foster families from around the country. We believe it’s important and worthwhile…
Throughout the month of May, in celebration of foster families and in recognition of National Foster Family Appreciation Day on May 31, CHAMPS has been highlighting stories of amazing foster families from around the country. CHAMPS will continue to highlight…
In conjunction with National Foster Care Month, the CHAMPS campaign conducted a state policy analysis and found that 13 states advanced 20 new laws or governor actions to improve foster parenting policies for the future, and another 17 bills are…
Recently, The Brookings Institution's Ron Haskins, and CHAMPS Co-Chairs, Jeremy Kohomban, (pictured) and Jennifer Rodriguez wrote about a convening on how to better recruit and retain foster parents. Learn more about what was discussed and read the new CHAMPS Guide on Foster…
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