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Youth Services Insider

1/14/2025

Biden Withdraws New Rules on Federal Welfare Funds

The Biden administration has withdrawn a plan to put new rules in place for the nation's welfare-to-work program, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.

11/20/2024

Biden Renews Committee on Child Trafficking

By John Kelly The Biden administration this month established The National Advisory Committee on the Trafficking of Children and Youth, which is in actuality a continuation of a body by the same name that was created in 2014 child welfare legislation.

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New York Legislation Aims to Ensure Adoption Subsidies Follow the Child

11/1/2024

Administration Seeks Input on Protecting Benefits for Foster Youth

The Biden administration is seeking input on how the federal government might support efforts to better protect and conserve benefits owed o foster youth

Youth Services Insider

8/9/2024

Feds Clarify Rules on Family First Act, Background Checks, Tribal Child Welfare

By John Kelly The White House used a four-hour public convening on child welfare last week to announce some clarifications to federal policy for the field. Those were made by updating the Child Welfare Policy Manual (CWPM), an online reference presented in a “Q&A” fashion.

Youth Services Insider

5/6/2024

Designated Placements In, Conversion Therapy Out: Biden’s Rule for LGBTQ+ Foster Youth

A basic explanation of what's in the Biden administration's new rule on designated placements for LGBTQ youth in foster care.

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Advocates and Officials Press Case for Overhauling Key Adoption and Child Welfare Law

5/3/2024

Head of Children’s Bureau Departing Biden Administration (Updated)

Aysha Schomburg, one of President Joe Biden's top child welfare officials issued a goodbye message this month, indicating she will depart the administration

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Kinship care has become more common in Minnesota, while child maltreatment rates seem to have stayed the same.

4/4/2024

Michigan, Salt River Pima Tribe Approved for Federal Kinship Support

The first tribal and state governments have been approved by the Biden administration for an alternative path to licensing kinship caregivers

Youth Services Insider

2/23/2024

Biden Proposes New Federal Data on ICWA Compliance 

The Biden administration has proposed new data requirements on state compliance with the Indian Child Welfare Act

Youth Services Insider

10/10/2023

A Model Standard for Approving Kinship Caregivers

Following new federal rules on kinship care, a group of advocates have developed a model standard for approving relatives.