The National Foster Care Coalition: Our
Eyes and Ears in D.C.
With May being National Foster Care Month, it’s a good
time to consider joining the National Foster Care
Coalition. Based in Washington D.C., the Coalition has a
front-row seat to policy issues playing out in the federal
government, including the role of the child welfare
system in the implementation of Affordable Care Act
implementation, immigration reform and much more.
The group is led by John Sciamanna, formerly with the
Child Welfare League of America, who distributes an
informative weekly policy update, the Capitol View on
Kids.
According to Amy Lemley of the John Burton
Foundation, joining the Coalition is an opportunity to
increase California’s influence in the federal child
welfare policy arena. “Despite the fact that California
has the nation’s largest child welfare system, our
voices are not loud enough in the federal policy
conversation,” said Lemley. “The National Foster Care
Coalition can play an important role in bringing our
state agenda to the federal level.” For more information
about the Coalition, follow this LINK.
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