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Look for the following new additions to the NEWS page:

- A Family's Guide to the Child Welfare System

- Report for the PEW Commission on Children in Foster Care now available.

- HIPAA updates and news from HHS.

- Children's Health Act information from ACF.

Visit our NEWS page today for these new releases.

Website Updates:

Additional pages are in the process of being added in order to increase the resourcefulness of this website for providers of care to children, youth and families. Please take a few moments to visit our new Education Systems Services page and our Treatment System Resources page.

Please also provide us feedback as well as additional resources that you may have found useful. Thank you in advance for your assistance.

Recent News:

A Family's Guide to the Child Welfare System:

PEW Commission Report:

On the afternoon of Tuesday, July 13, Bill Frenzel, Chairman of the Pew Commission on Children in Foster Care, testified before the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the House Committee on Ways and Means. The subcommittee has held a series of hearings examining high-profile child welfare cases in Maryland and New Jersey; the hearing was an examination of child welfare proposals. (Taken from the Pew Commission on Children in Foster Care Newsletter - Volume 17)  View complete testimony

View complete Pew Commission report  This report contains policy recommendations about ways to improve the federal/state financing partnerships to support child welfare and ways to improve court oversight of child welfare cases. For additional information on the Pew Commission, visit their website at http://pewfostercare.org/

Here are a few highlights of the report from the Child Welfare League of America:

Highlights of the report include:

*emphasis that the care for abused and neglected children needs to be a shared partnership between the federal government and states,

*commitment of new federal resources to states and communities so they make a greater investment in preventing child abuse and supporting families,

*continued guarantee of the basic Title IV-E safety net of federal support for children in need of out of home care,

*expansion of federal support for all abused and neglected children, regardless of family income, and including children who are members of Indian tribes and children living in the U.S. territories,

*incentives to reduce worker caseloads and to increase training opportunities for workers,

*new federal guardianship support so that children leaving foster care can live with their grandparents or other relatives, and

*adoption of court performance measures, increased judicial oversight and leadership, and enhanced collaboration between the state child welfare agencies and the courts.
 

Mental Health Issues in the CSFR's:

Below is a link to an analysis of the mental health issues in 38 state Final Reports and 28 state program improvement plans. It was prepared by the National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health at Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development and the Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health at American Institutes of Research.

Feel free to send the report to others also. It will be available at (http://gucchd.georgetown.edu) in the near future. This report will be updated after all state Final Reports and PIPs are available and reviewed, probably in the fall of 2004.

HIPAA Information:

Get the latest HIPAA information from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) at: http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/

Children's Health Act Information:

Find the most recent updates and news regarding the Children's Health Act from the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/general/legal/federal/pl106_310.cfm, including information on Title 32, SEC. 3208. REQUIREMENT RELATING TO THE RIGHTS OF RESIDENTS OF CERTAIN NON-MEDICAL, COMMUNITY-BASED FACILITIES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH.

Web Changes

This is where we'll announce the most recent additions to our web site. If you've visited us before and want to know what's changed, take a look here first.

The list of website resources and links has been recently updated. Please let us know if there are additional resources you feel would be beneficial for us to add.
 

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