CORE News

January 4, 2024

From: Don Forrester LMSW, Executive Director

Topics include:

• Foster Care situation updates in Texas, Oregon, Florida, North Carolina and Kentucky
• New Publication: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom About Residential Care for Children and Youth: A Good Place to Grow
• Congress Convenes on January 8, 2024. Please contact your legislators again to ask for support for H.R. 3852 – Create Accountable Respectful Environments (CARE) for Children Act.
• Other Legistation Updates
  • H.R. 2955 & S.1353 Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act
  • H.R. 755 Protecting Sibling Relationships in Foster Care Act
  • S. 102 & H.R. 756 Foster Care Stabilization Act of
    

November 11, 2023

From: Don Forrester LMSW, Executive Director

Topics include:

• Information Sharing On Capitol Hill

• Other Legistation Updates
  • H.R. 2955 – Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act
  • S. 1353 – Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act
  • H.R. – 755 Protecting Sibling Relationships in Foster Care Act
  • S. 102- Foster Care Stabilization Act of 2023

• 2024 CORE National Conference – Save the Date:
  • October 6-9, 2024
  • Kamehameha Schools – Honolulu, Hawaii

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October 7, 2023

From: Don Forrester LMSW, Executive Director

Topics include:

• Work and Welfare Subcommittee Hearing on Modernizing Child Welfare to Protect Vulnerable Children – August 28, 2023

• October 17-18 – CORE Members Scheduled to Visit Capitol Hill

• Expression of Thanks to St. Joseph’s Indian School for Hosting the 2023 CORE National Conference

• 2023 Catherine Hershey Awards

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