JOIN NCSL's KINSHIP CARE LEGISLATIVE POLICY NETWORK. As a legislative leader or staff person who works on these issues, the Child Welfare Project at NCSL will support your efforts by distributing the latest information related to kinship care, such as information on legislative initiatives, state activities and summaries of research findings; notifying members of recently-produced NCSL publications related to kinship care; announcement of upcoming NCSL meetings and audio-conferences on the topic; offering assistance via information requests, in-state visits, research; and, surveying network members to obtain information that will assist NCSL in providing useful, timely updates to legislators and staff. Interested? Contact Nina Williams-Mbengue at nina.mbengue@ncsl.org or call 303-856-1559 to join.
Kinship Care Legislative Policy Network News
- Kinship Care Legislative Policy Network News-May 2008 (New 50-state kinship care on-line legislation and statute database, Latino children, 2008 session highlights)
- Kinship Care Legislative Policy Network News-August 2007 (Illinois DCFS Family Matters Pilot Program, Iowa Subsidized Guardianship Program, outcomes for children in kinship are, kinship navigator programs)
- Kinship Care Legislative Policy Network News-March 2007 (2006 and 2007 legislation, Preventive Subsidized Guardianship Report, State Legislatures Magazine article)
- Kinship Care Legislative Policy Network News-June/July 2006 (mental health needs of grandparent caregiver families, one-time payment state legislation, promoting stability in foster care with the use of kinship care)
- Kinship Care Legislative Policy Network News-May 2006 (health care issues for children in kinship care, trends in service receipt, tribute to Representative Lovana Jones)
- Kinship Care Legislative Policy Network News-April 2006 (placement stability, relative placement legislation)
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