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| | [Database] NCSL Youth Legislation Database | Bill Summaries/ Databases | 10/9/2012 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=17570 | 17570 | NCSL Youth Legislation Database |
| | Legislative Summit 2012 Human Services and Welfare Committee Sessions | Meetings | 8/6/2012 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=25186 | 25186 | NCSL Human Services and Welfare Committee agenda, handouts and presentations from Legislative Summit |
| | Fostering Connections Act: Sibling Placement Provision Chart | Bill Summaries/ Databases | 8/16/2011 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=23392 | 23392 | State agencies must make reasonable efforts to place siblings together, whether in foster, kinship guardianship, or adoptive placements, unless placing them together would be contrary to their safety or well-being. If the siblings are not placed together, the agency must make reasonable efforts to ensure that the siblings maintain their connections to each other through frequent visitation or other ongoing interaction. |
| | Fostering Connections Act: Health Oversight Provision Chart | Bill Summaries/ Databases | 8/16/2011 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=23395 | 23395 | The majority of the more than 400,000 children in the nation’s child welfare system as of September 2009 have significant health, mental health and developmental needs and conditions. In addition, disruptions in foster care placement can result in disruptions in health care treatment and services. |
| | Fostering Connections Act: Extending Foster Care to 21 Provision Chart | Bill Summaries/ Databases | 8/15/2011 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=23384 | 23384 | NCSL Chart of Fostering Connections to Success Act of 2008 Foster Care to 21 State Legislative Enactments 2009 - 2011 |
| | Youth Legislative Policy Network Newsletter - February 2011 | Articles/Briefs/ Newsletters | 2/15/2011 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=19246 | 19246 | NCSL interviews NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell about preventing head injuried in youth athletes while a report shows how youth employment has declined. |
| | Fostering Connections Act: 2010 Legislation | Bill Summaries/ Databases | 10/5/2010 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=20264 | 20264 | A summary of legislation introduced in 2010 related to the provisions of the Fostering Connections Act. |
| | Child Poverty Rates | Reports | 9/30/2010 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=18557 | 18557 | Child Poverty Rates, 2009 and comparison data, 2007-2009. |
| | Homeless and Runaway Youth | Articles/Briefs/ Newsletters | 4/14/2010 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=18275 | 18275 | This document provides statistics on homeless youth as well as what states are doing to combat the issue. |
| | 2009 Youth Legislation Highlights | Bill Summaries/ Databases | 3/23/2010 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=20047 | 20047 | Highlights substantive youth legislation passed in 2009. |
| | [LegisBrief] Extending Foster Care Beyond Age 18 - October 2006 | Articles/Briefs/ Newsletters | 9/19/2006 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=16337 | 16337 | Recent state fiscal notes offer insight into the cost of extending foster care, and child welfare experts argue that cost savings would offset increased costs for extending foster care. |