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May 13, 2013
| The Chronicle of Social Change
Foster Mother’s Day
Congresswoman Karen Bass (D-Calif), co-founder of the Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth, offered a simple message for the guests. “People always ask me what we can do for foster kids,” she says. “It’s simple. What would you do for your own kids?”
May 8, 2013
| ThinkProgress
Congress Reintroduces Bill To End LGBT Discrimination In Adoption And Foster Care
Foster Youth Caucus members Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) announced that they plan to reintroduce the Every Child Deserves a Family Act, which would prevent child welfare agencies from discriminating against LGBT Americans who wish to become foster or adoptive parents.
May 3, 2013
| The Hill
Helping our foster youth achieve success and stability in life
For the roughly 26,200 foster youth who aged out of the system in recent years, America is effectively telling those children you’re on your own at age 18. That’s the age where foster youth “age out” of the system.
May 1, 2013
| BET.com
Commentary: Some Positive News About African-American Foster Youth
A few days of reading the news and you’d never believe the rate of children entering foster care actually shrank dramatically over the past decade with the greatest declines coming from African-American foster youth.
Mar 12, 2013
| NBC Latino
Opinion: Immigration reform must keep families together, protect children
A core principle of immigration reform must be a focus on protecting children of undocumented immigrants, who through no fault of their own can end up being ripped away from a loving home or denied the right to see a parent they primarily rely on to have their basic needs met.
Feb 11, 2013
| Los Angeles Times
Deportation's forgotten children
As Congress looks toward meaningful immigration reform, we must take care not to neglect one of the most heartbreaking problems within the current, broken system: what happens to children when their parents or guardians are deported.
Feb 8, 2013
| The Grio
Uplifting African-American foster youth
Studies show children of color enter foster care at disproportional rates than their share of the general population. The Pew Commission on Children in Foster Care once summarized the state of African American children in the system as facing “the gravest disparities.”
Jan 30, 2013
| Loop21
Bass’s website contest helps send six to Washington
Three foster youth shared their stories with Rep. Bass before President Obama's inauguration.
Jan 22, 2013
3 Former Foster Youths to Attend Inauguration
Three former foster children will be in Washington on Monday to witness President Barack Obama's ceremonial inauguration for a second term.
Jan 16, 2013
| Post and Courier
Former Summerville student is the face of new federal law
Six years after being lost in the foster care system, RJ Sloke is the poster child for the Uninterrupted Scholars Act, or USA, which was signed by President Barack Obama on Monday. The law allows social workers and other child welfare agencies access to students’ educational records.
