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Policy Updates Victory: Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 October 8, 2008 Victory: Child Tax Credit Expansion Provision in Financial "Bailout" Bill Will Benefit Millions of Children October 3, 2008 Victory: Vital Children's Health Coverage Protected June 30, 2008 Passed (House): Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act June 25, 2008 News: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act Filed June 18, 2008 Passed (Senate): Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act July 31, 2008 CDF Calls President Bush's FY09 Budget Shameful February 4, 2008

Latest News Child Welfare & Mental Health "Advancing Kinship Care" Washington Times, July 2, 2008 "Raise foster care age-eligibility to 21" The Hill, July 15, 2008 Child Health "Midwife Delivery Can Lead to Passport Denial" Washington Post, September 9, 2008 NPR compares health care for pregnant women in the U.S. and France National Public Radio, July 10, 2008 Education "Report Cites Chronic Absenteeism in City Schools" New York Times, October 20, 2008 "U.S Education Budget Roiled by Financial Crisis" Education Week, October 1, 2008 "Hispanic Elected Officials Discuss Strengthening Educational Pipeline" Diverse Education, September 25, 2008 CDF signs "A Bolder, Broader Approach" Statement Child Poverty "Edelman Renews Call to Help Poor Children" Toledo Blade, April 17, 2008 CDF Report Finds Low-Income Families Lose Billions to Predatory Commercial Tax Preparers March 26, 2008 Juvenile Justice "Missouri Leads the Nation in Juvenile Justice Reform" STL Today, September 13, 2008 "Investing In Our Nation's Youth" Louisiana Weekly, July 28, 2008  "Mass Incarceration of Children Must End" Huffington Post, July 3, 2008

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Child Welfare Financing

CDF advocates for changes in child welfare financing that will result in improved outcomes for children. Most federal funding in child welfare pays for foster care, but additional resources and substantial changes are needed to help states support children and families through:

• prevention
• early intervention
• specialized treatment services
• quality foster care
• post-adoption and other post-permanency service
• continued protections 
• increased accountability
  

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