CASCW at the Capitol

The Emotional Behavioral Policy Gap

By Danielle Hegseth|2016-12-01T19:33:19-06:00December 20th, 2011|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: 112th Congress, ABLE Act 2011, disabilities, foster care, public assistance, US Child Maltreatment Report|

On November 15th, Sen. Robert Casey proposed S1872: Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act of 2011. This bill (also, H.R. 3423) would allow families to create savings accounts that can be used for the health and education of a family member with a disability. Sen. Casey introduced the bill specifically to give parents of [...]

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Cherokee Nation seeks to define membership of child for ICWA case

By JaeRan Kim|2016-12-01T19:33:19-06:00December 16th, 2011|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: ICWA, legal issues, Supreme Court|

Cross-posted from the Stabilty, Permanency and Adoption blog. A controversial ruling by the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals regarding an Indian Child Welfare Act case has been brought to the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of the Cherokee Nation. The Cherokee Nation is asking the U.S. Supremem Court to determine whether the tribe has [...]

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Review: Minnesota and the Child Maltreatment Report 2010

By Lindsey Brekke|2016-12-01T19:33:20-06:00December 15th, 2011|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: child abuse, disabilities, Minnesota data, neglect, US Child Maltreatment Report|

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently released the Child Maltreatment 2010 report, which highlights the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) data. The Child Welfare League of America discusses the national data on their blog, Children's Monitor; they state that the report shows a decline in the number of children [...]

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Senate Hearing on Child Abuse and Mandated Reporting

By Danielle Hegseth|2016-12-01T19:33:20-06:00December 14th, 2011|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: 112th Congress, CAPTA, child abuse, mandated reporting, neglect, Penn State, Speak Up to Protect Every Abused Kid Act|

Yesterday, The U.S. Senate HELP Subcommittee on Children and Families held a hearing on child abuse, which Sen. Bob Casey requested back in November in the wake of the Penn State sexual abuse scandal. The purpose of this hearing was to examine child abuse laws to determine whether or not all adults should be mandated [...]

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Human rights, children’s rights: Universal Human Rights Month

By Lindsey Brekke|2016-12-01T19:33:20-06:00December 9th, 2011|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: child welfare, children's rights, foster care, Human rights, LGBT, UN Convention on the Rights of the Child|

All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration.--UN Declaration of Human Rights As one reflects on Human Rights Month it is important to think of those who may have the smallest [...]

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Extending Foster Care Through Age 21

By Danielle Hegseth|2016-12-01T19:33:21-06:00December 6th, 2011|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: child welfare, cost-benefit, foster care, Fostering Connections Act, permanency|

On November 22nd, Michigan became the seventh state to opt into extending foster care from 18 to 21 since the Fostering Connections Act was signed into law in 2008. Over the last three years, 25 states have submitted program design plans for approval, 11 of which included plans to extend foster care through age 21. [...]

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Responding to issue of over-medicating youth in foster care

By Heidi Ombisa Skallet|2016-12-01T19:33:21-06:00December 2nd, 2011|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: foster care, GAO, out-of-home placements, over-medicating, prescriptions for foster youth, psychotropic drug use|

UPDATE: Check out Child Welfare Information Gateway's webpage providing resources on the use of psychotropic medicines for children and youth in fostercare. With the newly-released Government Accountability Office report, "Foster Children: HHS Guidance Could Help States Improve Oversight of Psychotropic Prescriptions," there has been a flurry of activity recently on the issue of over-medicating youth [...]

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World AIDS Day

By Danielle Hegseth|2016-12-01T19:33:21-06:00December 1st, 2011|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol, Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: adoption, discrimination, US legislature, World AIDS Day|

World AIDS Day 2011 provides some glimmers of hope for children with HIV/AIDS worldwide. HIV and AIDS related deaths for children under age 15 have dropped 10 percent since 2005 and the number of newly infected children has dropped by 24 percent in the same time period. Still, nearly 10 percent of the globe's orphans [...]

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CASCW at the Capitol

December 2011