Protecting Children
Planning and preparation is especially important for families if children may be at school and parents at work when a disaster strikes.... [more]
Recommendations developed to improve outcomes for children in the foster care system.... [more]
Testimony on behalf of our more than 1,100 public and private nonprofit child-serving member agencies nationwide on the Administration's proposal to restructure Title IV-E foster care funding.... [more]
Program to provide educational and training vouchers for youth that age out of foster care.... [more]
To ensure safety and permanence for these children and appropriate alcohol and drug treatment for their families, increased treatment and other services must be directed to their special needs.... [more]
The Young Americans Act bill will give millions of young people the opportunities and experiences they need to grow up to be contributing members of society.... [more]
Without improved resources, young people with the fewest options will continue to resort to violence and other problem behaviors.... [more]
Promotes display of the Children's Memorial Flag at any time that a child dies from violence and throughout April, which is Child Abuse Prevention Month.... [more]
Children in poverty are at far greater risk for suffering from some form of physical, psychological or social pathology.... [more]
Wildlife preservationists have been successful enough in rescuing species from the brink of extinction that some of their methods should be applied to protecting children.... [more]