The Biden administration is moving to make it mucheasier for caretakers to take in household members in the foster care system, needing states to offer them with the verysame monetary assistance that any other foster house would get
ByTOM MURPHY AP health author
September 27, 2023, 5: 11 PM
FILE – Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra affirms throughout the House Committee hearing on Ways and Means hearing, March 28, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Biden administration is moving to make it mucheasier for caretakers to take in household members in the foster care system, needing states to supply them with the exactsame monetary assistance that any other foster house would get. The administration likewise is lookingfor to supply more security for LGBTQ+ kids. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)
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The Biden administration is moving to make it mucheasier for caretakers to take in household members in the foster care system, needing states to offer them with the exactsame monetary assistance that any other foster house would get.
It likewise proposed a brand-new policy intended at makingsure that LGBTQ+ kids are safeguarded in their foster houses from mistreatment due to their sexual orientation or gender identity.
More than 391,000 kids were in foster care in 2021, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Many were gotridof from their houses and put in fost