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Download full textNowicki, Jacqueline M. – US Government Accountability Office, 2019
Roughly 270,000 school-aged youth were in foster care at the end of fiscal year 2017. Youth in foster care may change schools frequently, which can negatively affect their academic achievement. The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), enacted in 2015, reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and included provisions to improve…
Descriptors: Foster Care, Student Mobility, At Risk Students, Student Placement
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1987
This document contains testimonies and prepared statements from the Congressional oversight hearing called to examine the implementation and operation of the Missing Children's Assistance Act of 1984. Opening statements are included by Representatives Dale Kildee and Thomas Tauke. Witnesses providing testimony include: (1) Verne Speirs and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Welfare, Children, Federal Legislation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Ways and Means. – 1984
This hearing concerned the implementation of the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Amendments of 1980 (P.L. 96-272) in several New England states. Invited to testify were private representatives of child welfare organizations, foster parents, representatives of other organizations concerned with adoption and research activities, and witnesses…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Childhood Needs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1997
At the request of the U.S. House of Representatives, this study identified problems confronting child protective service (CPS) units, which affect the system's capacity to protect children from abuse and neglect. State and local responses to these problems, and opportunities for the federal government to assist in improving the system's capacity…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Child Welfare
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1987
This Congressional report confirms the increasing tragedy of child abuse and neglect in the United States and documents the decline in resources available to serve those children. It is based on a survey conducted of the 50 states and the District of Columbia to determine what information was available about the extent of child abuse and neglect,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Child Welfare
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and the Workforce. – 2003
These hearings transcripts compile testimony regarding how programs authorized by the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act and the Missing Children's Assistance Act currently operate, in preparation for upcoming reauthorization. Opening statements by U.S. Representatives Peter Hoekstra (Michigan) and Ruben Hinojosa (Texas) underscore the obligation to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Child Welfare, Children
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs. – 1980
The Select Committee on Indian Affairs met on June 30, 1980, for an oversight hearing on the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 to correct flaws and straighten out problems concerning Public Law 95-608 and the way it is implemented. Various members of the administration and a group of Indian leaders from across the country attended the hearing, at…
Descriptors: American Indians, Boarding Schools, Child Welfare, Elementary Secondary Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs. – 1984
An oversight hearing on the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 was conducted to assess how well the program is running, what improvements can be made in the administration of the program, and whether any modification of the original legislation is necessary. Thirty-one members of the administration and Indian leaders from across the country…
Descriptors: American Indians, Boarding Schools, Child Welfare, Elementary Secondary Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Finance. – 1987
This document presents the hearings on work and welfare before the Senate Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy of the Committee on Finance. Testimony is presented by expert witnesses, and by individuals and groups with an interest in the welfare of children and families. The following are among the issues addressed: (1) the basic…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Child Neglect, Child Welfare, Employed Parents
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Finance. – 1987
This document presents the hearings on child support enforcement before the Senate Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy of the Committee on Finance. Testimony was given by invited public officials and representatives of organizations that have recently issued reports and proposals on how to improve the existing welfare system and how…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Child Neglect, Child Welfare, Employed Parents
