SAVE THE DATE
Assembly Select Committee on Foster Care Informational Hearing
Chairman Assembly Member Jim Beall Addressing the Overrepresentation of Latino Children in CA’s Child Welfare System
Friday, January 6, 2012 10:30 a.m.-12:30p.m.
Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, McDonnell Hall 2020 East San Antonio Street San Jose, CA
The Assembly Select Committee on Foster Care invites you to attend a special hearing in San Jose to investigate the causes behind the persistently high numbers of Latino children in California’s child welfare system. This informational hearing will examine viable solutions and analyze the troubling factors that have led to the disproportionality of Latino children in the system. Agenda and background materials are being drafted and will be distributed prior to the day of the San Jose hearing.
If you have questions or to RSVP for the upcoming hearing, please contact: Sunshine Borelli at sunshine.borelli@asm.ca.gov or (408) 282-8920.
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MDT
The Santa Clara County Child Abuse Multidiscipliary Team (MDT) is now coordinated by Theresa Bovey, the supervising school nurse from the County Office of Education. Theresa recently took over coordinating this team when the Santa Clara County Health Department was no longer able to coordinate the team. This team is available to any professional in Santa Clara County who has concerns about child abuse issues . Presenting a case to the MDT does not take the place of reporting to the Child Abuse and Neglect Screening Center. Theresa may be contacted at (408)392-3933
On February 9, 2010, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors adopted a Bill of Rights for Children and Youth for the County of Santa Clara.
Bill of Rights for Children and Youth
On October 7, H.R. 6893, the "Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008," was signed by President Bush. H.R. 6893 was approved by unanimous consent in both Houses. The bill was approved in the House on September 17 and passed in the Senate on September 22.
This bipartisan, bicameral bill, formally introduced as the Senate Finance Committee “Improved Adoption Assistance and Relative Guardianship Support Act” (S. 3038) is the product of a compromise bill between members of both houses.
H.R. 6893 was introduced on September 15, 2008 by House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support Chairman Jim McDermott (D-WA) and Ranking Member Jerry Weller (R-IL). The bill will primarily:
- provide Title IV-E funds for kinship providers, offering better permanency options for foster youth;
- offer direct access to Title IV-E funds for tribes serving youth in care;
- reauthorize and improve adoption incentives by de-linking adoption assistance eligibility from the 1996 AFDC income requirement for families;
- increase educational stability for older youth in care;
- improve outcomes and oversight of health needs for youth in care; and
- guarantees $15 million for each fiscal year between 2009 thru 2013 for “family connections grant”
Most provisions in this bill would be effective October 1, 2010. H.R. 6893 is available on the Library of Congress website at: http://thomas.loc.gov/
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