CLASP In Focus: Financing Reform http://www.clasp.org/issues/topic_in_focus.xml?type=child_welfare&id=0001 In Focus articles from the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 14:13:54 -0500 info@clasp.org webmaster@clasp.org 40 ItaEUR(TM)s Time to Realign Child Welfare Financing Structure to Support the Outcomes We Want for Children and Families Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_welfare&id=0022 Supplemental testimony on comprehensive child welfare financing reform submitted to the U.S. House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support. CLASP argues that the broad components of comprehensive financing reform should include: expanding Title IV-E funds to support the full continuum of services needed by children who have experienced or are at risk of experiencing child abuse and neglect; increasing support to enhance the child welfare workforce; and, increasing accountability - both fiscal accountability and accountability for the outcomes children and families experience. http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_welfare&id=0022 Children and Families Need More than Child Welfare Waivers aEUR" Comprehensive Financing Reform is Necessary Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_welfare&id=0021 The current child welfare system lacks the capacity to address the needs of children who are abused or neglected, and the vast majority of federal resources to address these needs are available only after a child is removed from his or her home. CLASP firmly believes we can reduce the need for foster care and improve outcomes for children and their families by investing in appropriate prevention, early intervention and treatment services. To improve the outcomes of vulnerable children and their families, comprehensive financing reform is needed. http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_welfare&id=0021 PresidentaEUR(TM)s Budget Calls for Key Investments in our Most Vulnerable Children and Families Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_welfare&id=0013 Our nation's children will be safe and well cared for only when we invest in a continuum of services including: prevention and early intervention services that help prevent child abuse and neglect whenever possible; effective treatment services for children who experience maltreatment and their families; and aftercare services that support children and their families once a crisis is stabilized so that further abuse and neglect do not occur. President Obama's 2011 budget takes a number of positive steps towards supporting this continuum, but The Administration and the Congress must take additional steps to make up for years of underinvestment in critical services for our nation's most vulnerable children. http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_welfare&id=0013 CLASP and ChildrenaEUR(TM)s Defense Fund Detail Child Welfare Funding in Each of the 50 States Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_welfare&id=0012 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_welfare&id=0012 HHS Awards $35 Million for Increasing Adoptions Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_welfare&id=0008 On September 14, 2009, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it has awarded a total of $35 million to 38 states and Puerto Rico for increasing the number of children adopted from foster care for fiscal year 2008, the first year for which the enhanced adoption incentive under the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act were available. http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_welfare&id=0008 Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act: Paving the Way for Financing Reform Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_welfare&id=0003 http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_welfare&id=0003