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The Tennessee Department of Children’s Services, already facing a class action lawsuit over its treatment of disabled kids, is placing children with no known disability diagnoses for months at a time in privately-run group homes designed to support adults with disabilities, according to child advocates.
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Seeming miscommunication between Kentucky cabinet officials and a lawmaker could mean legislation designed to extend benefits to relative caregivers and keep kids out of foster care won’t be implemented over the next two fiscal years.
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Families say they feel pressured by state officials who emphasize the needs of children in state custody over disabled adults.
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Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed a law confirming that parents with anti-LGBTQ views are allowed to foster and adopt queer kids. The law comes after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed a new rule requiring LGBTQ foster kids to be placed in supportive environments.
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Just over half of Kentucky’s 120 counties, including Jefferson, need people to join the state’s Citizen Foster Care Review Boards.
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Capacity remains an issue, as Tennessee has closed facilities but opened no new ones.
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This year’s Kids Count County Data Book shows Kentucky has improved in some metrics, though there is still room for improvement.
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Trinitii Puente became a foster parent because she believes every child deserves to feel loved. It’s a lesson from her grandmother, who grew up in an…
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The Local Citizen Foster Care Review Boards will hosts meetings that are virtually open to the public to discuss how to improve the foster care system in…
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According to the North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC), there are approximately 450,000 children in the U.S. foster care system on any…