Foster Care Justice Alliance

UPDATE: HB 1774 - Adoptive Families as Suitable Persons for Sibling Placement The intent of HB 1774 is to add the adoptive parents of a child’s siblings as people with whom a child could be placed, if they pass a background check. Thanks to the many who called or wrote in; this bill did pass out of t... See More

"Foster Parents sometimes forget they are only 3 hots and a cot." The Honorable Kenneth L. Cowsert Snohomish County Superior Court THE VOICE OF THE CHILD A twelve year old girl came to court in Everett last month. She has been in foster care with the same foster parents for the past 3 1/2 year... See More

"As a result of our investigative work, the Ombudsman found child welfare cases in which DCFS did not comply with law or policy—but perhaps even more challenging to address, our investigation revealed a culture of pervasive distrust between parties and stakeholders, poor communication, and a lack of coll... See More

UPDATE SB 6730 has passed unanimous in the House! It now returns to the Senate for concurrence with the House amendments. This is the bill that would help reduce the number moves a child makes in foster care by requiring that relative caregivers get the same 5 day notice before a child is moved that... See More

Legislative Update February 23, 2010 "The department and the AG are charged with representing the child. That seems to be the problem." Sen. James Hargrove, Senate HSC Chairman Hearing on HB 3205, Feb. 28, 2008 UPDATE Tuesday, Feb. 23, is the last day for all bills to get out of the policy c... See More