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Fostering the Future

Fostering the Future. Pew Charitable Trusts Home At Last Initiatives. Pew Commission on Foster Care Fostering Results Implementation and Demonstration. Guiding Principles. All Children must have safe, permanent families in which their physical, emotional and social needs are met.

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Fostering the Future

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  1. Fostering the Future

  2. Pew Charitable Trusts Home At Last Initiatives • Pew Commission on Foster Care • Fostering Results • Implementation and Demonstration

  3. Guiding Principles • All Children must have safe, permanent families in which their physical, emotional and social needs are met. • Physically and emotionally safe • Public obligation to ensure safety • Timeliness • Care-giving and relationships • Equal protection and care • Informed voice in decision making

  4. Recommendations: Financing Child Welfare • Keep Title IV-E foster care and adoption assistance as an entitlement. • Eliminate income requirement. • Include Indian Tribes and U.S. Territories.

  5. Financing Child Welfare • Allow IV-E reimbursement for subsidized guardianship. • Judge must rule that adoption and reunification are not options for a particular child. • No income requirements.

  6. Financing Child Welfare • Create flexible, indexed Safe Children, Strong Families Grant • Combines IV-B, IV-E Admin and IV-E Training dollars. • Flexible funds for child welfare services other than foster care. • $200 million in new funds. • Indexed to grow in future years.

  7. Financing Child Welfare • Allow states to “reinvest” federal dollars saved by reducing foster care. • States can reinvest savings into Safe Children, Strong Families grant. • Another incentive for states to seek permanence. • States must match federal dollars reinvested.

  8. Financing Child Welfare • Increase states’ accountability by improving the Child and Family Services Reviews. • Use longitudinal data. • Redirect penalties into state’s PIP. • Maintain federal match for SACWIS. • National Academy of Sciences to recommend improved measures.

  9. Financing Child Welfare • Encourage innovation and best practices. • Expand waivers. • Reserve research funds. • Workforce incentives. • Permanence incentives.

  10. Strengthening Court Oversight • Every court should track its performance using court performance measures. • Identify and reduce delays. • Management and accountability tool. • Use measures developed by ABA, NCJFCJ, and NCSC. • Appropriate $10 million already authorized in SANCA.

  11. Strengthening Court Oversight • Greater collaboration between courts and child welfare agencies. • Demonstrate collaboration in state IV-E plans, PIPs, and CIPs. • $10 million to courts for training. • Sharing of all relevant data. • State commissions on children in foster care.

  12. Strengthening Court Oversight • Stronger voice and better representation for children and parents in courts. • Organize courts so that children can participate. • Expand CASA – appropriate $5 million. • Demonstration programs to attract and retain attorneys. • Training and standards for attorneys.

  13. Strengthening Court Oversight • Chief Justices should champion children in the courts. • Oversight responsibility directly under the Chief Justice. • Dedicated dependency courts. • Build a cadre of experienced dependency judges. • Promote judicial workload and practice standards, and codes of judicial conduct.

  14. Improving Outcomes for Children • Pew Commission Recommendations would: • Reduce the need for children to enter foster care. • Help children more quickly leave foster care for permanent families.

  15. “All kids deserve families…so they can believe in themselves and grow up to be somebody… I wish everyone could understand.” - Former FosterYouth “

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