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7/23/2015

Senate Judiciary Approves $833 Million Over Five Years for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act

John Kelly

The Senate Judiciary Committee approved yet another attempt to update the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA), which has not been reauthorized since 2002. The bill, S.1169, would phase out the lone exception in the law that permits the detention of status offenders; set new terms for failure to comply with the act; limit expenditures on mentoring and require the collection of new data on juvenile offenders.

9/18/2014

Adoption Incentives Bill Clears Senate, Heads to President

John Kelly

A bipartisan and bicameral child welfare bill to restructure adoption incentives, require tracking of failed adoptions and limit long-term foster care is headed to President Obama’s desk for signature. The Senate passed The Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act (H.R.

7/16/2014

New Adoption Deal Should Take on Subsidies Fraud

Opinion

Guest Writer

By Servet Bayimli As the Children’s Law Center’s Broken Adoption Project members, we applaud Congress on reaching a deal on H.R. 4980. The bill offers states a new framework to calculate adoption incentives, support post-adoption services, track broken adoptions, and combat youth sex trafficking.

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