Summer 2020
July
Encouraged members to call, post, and write to Senator Grassley to support older youth leaving foster care by increasing Chafee funds. During the COVID-19 pandemic, is important that no youth age out of foster care into an economy that has not recovered.
September
Voice for Adoption joined many children’s groups and advocates in August 2020 to file an amicus brief supporting the City of Philadelphia in upholding their non-discrimination requirements in child placements.
Supported the Affordable Care Act (ACA) because we recognize that children in the foster care system are some of the nation’s most vulnerable populations. VFA urges Congress to maintain access to Medicaid for youth who aged out of foster care up until age 26 and maintain this benefit in every state and oppose special Medicaid waiver requirements that serve as a barrier to Medicaid and health care coverage.
Encouraged constituents to partake in grassroots activism by urging Congress to act on the Supporting Foster Youth and Families Through the Pandemic Act (H.R. 7947) and the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act (“HEROES Act”). Both of these help provide COVID-19 related relief and support.
