Children of Color Annual Report and Plan

• Disproportionate Entry into Foster Care in 2007-2009
• Foster Care Entry Data for 2006 and 2008

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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