New Legislation In Washington Could Help Keep Families Together

New legislation has been introduced in Washington by Democratic Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, that would allow states to use foster care money to keep kids at home rather than in the system.  The Family Stability and Kinship Care Act (the "Act"), would allow states more flexibility in using Title IV-E funds for family support services to help keep families together. 

You can read as summary of the proposal, as well as, what Utah's Senator Orrin Hatch and Ann Williamson of the Utah Department of Human Services had to say about the Act HERE.  Additional coverage of the Act can be found HERE and HERE.