Recommendations for the next administration and the 119th Congress
Child Welfare
Child welfare policy is a system with extraordinary authority—removing children, intervening in families, making life-altering decisions.
And yet, it often operates without the level of transparency or performance clarity the public expects elsewhere in government.
FREOPP developed its project, The Center for Safe and Stable Futures, to drive sound policy for our nation’s children and families. Together, we can change lives for the better.
All Child Welfare
Congress should protect federal benefits to foster children that have been raided by state agencies
In many states, child welfare agencies routinely apply for and take foster children’s Social Security benefits
May is National Foster Care Month. It’s an appropriate time for policymakers to focus overdue attention on the most at-risk children in society
Giving foster children their owed disability and survivor benefits could help them avoid societal pitfalls
Young people who age out of foster care too often struggle and succumb to poor life outcomes
As the Governor learns more about foster care in Virginia, he will discover that the Commonwealth is not merely neglecting foster children: it is actively stealing from them
Advocates hope the change will spur other child welfare agencies across the country to follow suit