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Washington Must Step Up to Protect Foster Youths’ Benefits
Ian Marx spent 8 years and then aged out of Louisiana's foster care system. He served as a foster youth intern at the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute after graduating from the University of Notre Dame and is now a second-year law student at Emory University.
Using Safety Science to Improve and Transform Child Welfare Systems
Jodi Hill-Lilly is deputy commissioner for the Connecticut Department of Children and Families and executive committee co-chair of the National Partnership for Child Safety. Chip Spinning is executive director of Franklin County Children’s Services in Ohio and executive committee co-chair of the National Partnership for Child Safety.
Alaska State Law Codifies Child Welfare Protections for Indigenous Families
Nancy Marie Spears is currently based in Oklahoma covering Indigenous children and families with a focus on the Indian Child Welfare Act. She is an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation.
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