House Committee on Ways and Means
Hearing on Strengthening Child Welfare and Protecting America’s Children
DATE: June 26, 2024
TIME: 10:00AM ET
LOCATION: 1100 Longworth House Office Building
At a Ways and Means hearing on strengthening child welfare programs in Title IV-B of the Social Security Act, witnesses urged the Committee to pursue reforms that would help the program better serve children and families in crisis. The hearing comes as the Committee has conducted a year-long review of Title IV-B to examine how it can better meet current needs and challenges.
Witnesses, including former foster youth, lived experience advocates, and child welfare experts, identified areas ripe for reform, including kinship care, the caseworker shortage, administrative burden, and unfair barriers faced by Native American tribes.
Witnesses
Paris Hilton
Lived-Experience Advocate and CEO
11:11 Media
Rob Geen
Bipartisan Policy Center Fellow, Chair of Board of Trustees
Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
Tori Hope Petersen
Author, Speaker, and Advocate
Alexis Mansfield
Senior Advisor, Children & Families & Relationship Safety
Women’s Justice Institute
Committee Notice:
https://waysandmeans.house.gov/event/hearing-on-strengthening-child-welfare-and-protecting-americas-children/
