Bill to Overhaul Child Welfare Funds Will Move in Both Chambers

Bill to Overhaul Child Welfare Funds Will Move in Both Chambers - The Chronicle of Social Change:

The slightly re-named Family First Prevention Services Act, an overhaul of federal child welfare financing aimed at supporting more efforts to prevent foster care placements, will likely be introduced next week in both the House and Senate.“At a time when an opioid epidemic is tearing families across the country apart, Congress is fighting to keep families together,” said House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas), in a statement released late on Friday.