federal policy

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

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

Federal lawmakers from California and Indiana have introduced a bill to offer federal support to states that extend foster care from 18 to 21.

By Michael Fitzgerald Reflecting a growing movement to tease out poverty from the many reasons U.S. children are taken into foster care, a new bill before Congress requires states to avoid maltreatment investigations that center solely on a family’s homelessness or lack of financial resources.

A UN committee to end racial discrimination said Congress and the Biden administration should amend or repeal certain child welfare policies.

Two senators have proposed legislation that would enable states to draw Medicaid funding for foster youth living in certain residential treatment programs.

A bipartisan group of federal lawmakers has introduced a resolution that would standardize the process of conducting home visits.

Susan Dreyfus, CEO for Alliance for Strong Families and Communities, will step down in 2020, the organization announced this week. “I’ve been talking with the board about this transition for much of the year,” Dreyfus said in a press release.

The Imprint is highlighting each of the policy recommendations made this summer by the participants of the Foster Youth Internship Program (FYI), a group of 12 former foster youths who have completed congressional internships.