Kinship Care UPDATE

Hi Vickie, Kinship Caregiver Navigator Program bill update House Bill 2133 was voted out of the House Children and Youth Committee today! We thank Chairwoman Kathy Watson, Minority Chair Scott Conklin and Representative Eddie Day Pashinski for their leadership on the bill and all the members who voted in support. Thank you to all the organizations who signed-on to PPC’s letter in support of the bill. We sent the letter to committee members ahead of the bill’s consideration. The committee also approved HB 1439 and HR 390, which would allow for temporary emergency guardianship and task the Joint State Government Commission with studying the trend of grandfamilies and the opioid crisis, respectively. PPC also weighed-in in support of both of these pieces of legislation. What You Can Do   If your organization hasn’t signed on to PPC’s letter supporting HB 2133, please join us now! We will soon send a letter of support to the full House of Representatives. You may sign on to the letter here. Are you or do you know a grandparent or other relative raising children outside of the foster care system who will benefit from this new program? Send an email to Ashleigh Brunsink to share your story and let us know what you think about the bill.  What's Next  The kinship bill and the other pieces of legislation will now move through the House process. The House is in session the weeks of April 16th and 30th and we hope that the kinship bill will be passed and sent to the Senate for consideration in the coming weeks.  PPC will keep you updated on any further movement! Please remember to add your organization to the list of supporters by signing onto the letter if you haven’t done so yet. Sign the letter http://salsa4.salsalabs.com/o/51288/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=24648