Massachusetts foster parents lose license after refusing to properly care for LGBTQ+ youth

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/foster-parents-lose-license-lgbtq

#Guns, #Gays, and #BirthrightCitizenship

What is in the best interest of #LGBTQ #fosterchildren?

https://thedispatch.com/podcast/advisoryopinions/guns-gays-and-birthright-citizenship/

#The #Fascist #State of #Texas #sues #Biden #administration over #requirement to provide #LGBTQ+ #youth #foster #placements.

Placing LGBTQ+ #fosterchildren in more #accepting #homes would #cost #Texas too much #money and #resources, the #lawsuit #claims.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Texas #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/09/25/paxton-biden-lgbtq-foster-youth/

#Tennessee #Republicans introduce #religious #exemption #bill protecting #antiLGBTQ+ #foster #parents.

#Opponents say the proposed #law will lead to further #traumatization of #LGBTQ+ #fosterchildren.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Tennessee #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/03/tennessee-republicans-introduce-religious-exemption-bill-protecting-anti-lgbtq-foster-parents/

Northwest, other #US #Senators #press #feds to #adopt #rule #protecting #LGBTQ #fosterchildren

A group of largely #Democratic U.S. senators have thrown their weight behind proposed #federal #rules to #protect #LGBTQ #kids in #fostercare.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #DemocraticParty #Allies #Representation #Culture

https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2023/12/11/northwest-other-u-s-senators-press-feds-to-adopt-rule-protecting-lgbtq-foster-children/

Teen boy thrilled to be adopted just before his 18th birthday, ‘In the nick of time’

#Adopted #adoption #Florida #fosterchildren #Lifestyle
https://theaegisalliance.com/2023/10/28/teen-boy-thrilled-to-be-adopted-just-before-his-18th-birthday/?feed_id=15139&_unique_id=653d87e781ca2

#Hayward city attorney files #Lawsuit against #AlamedaCounty alleging ‘deliberate indifference’ & "willfull #mismanagement " encouraging serious #childsexabuse #prostitution, #pimping #drugabuse now being encouraged at #fosterchildren housing center since #Sheriff Deputies abandoned duties at facility in February.

https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2023/06/22/hayward-accuses-alameda-county-of-deliberate-indifference-to-child-prostitution-drug-use-at-foster-center/

Foster children placed with at least one sibling are less likely to move to a new foster home, particularly due to problems or negative experiences in the foster home. #FosterChildren #NICHDimpact #Siblings #SiblingPlacement #FosterHomes
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33910412

Foster children placed with at least one sibling are less likely to move to a new foster home, particularly due to problems or negative experiences in the foster home.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33910412

#FosterCare #ChildWelfare #Siblings #ACEs #FosterChildren #NICHDimpact