News Coverage

FosteringConnections.org will be following state and national coverage of the Fostering Connections Law and implementation efforts.  Links to articles will be shared here as identified.

• Foster Care Gets an Overhaul
  06/09/2011: Bobby White - The Wall Street Journal
  A risky plan to turn around Alameda County's foster-care system is paying dividends, reducing the number of kids in the program while providing more help to older teens as they make the transition to adulthood.
• Q&A Part One: Bryan Samuels, Obama's Top Child Welfare Appointee
  05/13/2011: John Kelly - Youth Today
  A question and answer two part series with Commissioner Samuels of the Administration on Children, Youth and Families.
• Q&A Part Two: Bryan Samuels, Obama's Top Child Welfare Appointee
  05/13/2011: John Kelly - Youth Today
  A question and answer two part series with Commissioner Samuels of the Administration on Children, Youth and Families.
• The Root: Helping Kids After Foster Care Ends
  05/10/2011: Cynthia Grody - NPR
  Youth aging out of Foster Care is examined in this article.
• Alaska tribes win adoption court case
  03/07/2011: Jeff Richardson - newsminer.com
  
• HHS plans to announce new Family Connection Grant opportunity next month
  03/08/2011: -
  According to the HHS Grant Forecast, the Administration for Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) is planning to issue a new funding announcement next month that will offer state, local, or tribal child welfare agencies, and private nonprofit organizations that have experience in working with foster children or children in kinship care arrangements the opportunity to apply for Family Connection Grants. According to the forecast, the funding opportunity (HHS-2011-ACF-ACYF-CF-0181) will be titled, "Family Connection Grants: Using Family Group Decision-making to Build Protective Factors for Children and Families." There will be an estimated $3.3 million available through this opportunity with maximum grants of $550,000 each.
• A growing problem: Fresh out of foster care and homeless
  10/18/2010: Carol Smith - Seattle Pi
  
• CA: Legislature Passes AB 12 - Supports For Foster Youth
  10/07/2010: - Karen Bass, Speaker Emeritus
  
• Congress puts off Bachmann, Franken bills to reform foster care
  09/28/2010: Derek Wallbank - MinnPost.com
  
• LePak: California's AB 12: Good for Indian foster children
  09/28/2010: Jessica LePak - Indian Country Today
  
• Giving Foster Kids Three More Years
  09/21/2010: Rhea Perlman - The Huffington Post
  
• Daniel Heimpel: Schwarzenegger decision on foster care bill crucial
  09/22/2010: Daniel Heimpel - The Daily News Los Angeles
  
• Report: OCY placing fewer kids in foster care
  09/22/2010: Ed Palattella - GoErie.com
  
• Editorial: Governor, don't let our foster kids down
  09/12/2010: - The Sacramento Bee
  
• CA: Legislature Passes AB 12 -- Supports For Foster Youth
  09/11/2010: - Inglewood Today
  
• Legislation will bring clarity to the Indian Child Welfare Act if passed
  09/07/2010: Brenda Austin - Indian Country Today
  
• Measure To Extend Benefits For Calif. Foster Care Children Goes To Governor
  09/01/2010: John Sepulvado - California Capitol Network
  
• New Data: Many fewer US kids in foster care
  09/01/2010: David Crary - Associated Press
  
• State data says adoption rate has increased over three years in Md.
  08/18/2010: Raven L. Hill - The Baltimore Sun
  
• New law supports foster care reform
  06/16/2010: Christine Kim - KTUU-TV, Anchorage
  
• Educational liaison keeps foster youths on the right track
  06/07/2010: Hilary Costa - Contra Costa Times
  
• Reforms help states cut foster-care populations
  06/05/2010: David Crary - Associated Press
  
• Program helps ex-foster youth navigate college
  05/22/2010: Nanette Asimov - San Francisco Chronicle
  
• Adoption law change aids foster parents
  04/21/2010: Henri E. Cauvin - The Washington Post
  
• Opinion: Washington helps some foster youth with an educational pipeline
  04/16/2010: Daniel Hiempel - The Seattle Times
  
• Opinion: No excuse for California to fail foster children now
  01/27/2010: Daniel Heimpel - Mercury News
  
• A foolish foster care shuffle
  12/30/2009: Editorial - LA Times
  
• Foster-Child Power
  12/30/2009: Daniel Heimpel - Los Angeles News
  
• Invest In Child Care, Invest In The Future
  12/23/2009: Daniel Heimpel - The Huffington Post
  
• A Deadbeat Policy from Uncle Sam
  12/20/2009: Editorial - San Francisco Chronicle
  
• US Senator Grassley Launches US Senate Caucus to Focus on Foster Youth
  12/17/2009: Press Release - IowaPolitics.com
  
• The Price of a Sentence
  12/14/2009: Daniel Heimpel - Newsweek
  
• Landrieu, Grassley Announce Launch of Senate Caucus on Foster Youth
  12/17/2009: Press Release - Senator Mary Landrieu
  
• Resource Center Launched to Support Implementation of Federal Child Welfare Law
  10/07/2009: - Fostering Connections Resource Center
  
• Minnesota girl tells senators of school problems foster kids face
  04/30/2010: Derek Wallbank - MinnPost
  
• Every child deserves a loving home
  04/26/2010: Jim McDermott - The Washington Post
  
• Foster care: Legislation would give children more stability
  04/01/2010: Patriot-News Editorial Board - PennLive.com
  
• Grandparents are parents again: More Hoosiers are taking on the challenges of raising their grandkids
  06/22/2010: Jason Thomas - IndyStar
  
• Spotlight on the Fostering Connections Act
  07/12/2010: - The Children's Bureau Express
  
• Delaware's children: On their own after foster care
  07/14/2010: Mike Calmers - Delaware Online: The News Journal