Spring 2019
February
Family Equality Council and VFA have drafted a sign-on letter against discrimination in foster care and adoption. A total of 87 members of the US House of Representatives have signed on.
March
VFA recommended changes to the Adoption Opportunities Act, including seeking increased funding (above the current $39 million) to strengthen and develop post-adoption services—especially for families in crisis—recruitment of adoptive families for older youth, and programs to address overrepresentation of children and youth of color in foster care.
VFA has also been advocating for Congress to maintain the current statutory requirement to have an adoption resource center.
VFA has been working with Representative Jim Langevin (D-RI) on the issue of unregulated custody transfers of children—what some people describe as “re-homing.”
May
Voice for Adoption’s Executive Director, Schylar Baber, provides personal testimony on a panel for the Every Child Deserves a Family Act. Introduced by long-time civil rights activist and highly respected member of congress, John Lewis. Schylar has personal lived experience from growing up in the Montana’s foster care system, specifically around discrimination and religious abuse.
