Child Welfare Ideas from the Experts #2: Getting Serious About Siblings
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Barros identifies three ways she believes Congress can better ensure that siblings removed into foster care can stay together when that is their wish. First, she calls for a National Sibling Bill of Rights that would provide “specific guidance on keeping siblings together.” Source: Child Welfare Ideas from the Experts #2: Getting Serious About Siblings
America’s Foster Care System Is the Pipeline For Child Sex Trafficking
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Here’s the ugly truth: most Americans who are victims of sex trafficking come from our nation’s own foster care system. It’s a deeply broken system that leaves thousands vulnerable to pimps as children and grooms them for the illegal sex trade as young adults. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) introduced legislation in 2017 to amend an antiquated 1996 […]