Care About Kinship Campaign Continues

June 11, 2007

This week Edgewood joined the Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) and agencies accross the country to continue its Care About Kinship campaign to build support for the Kinship Caregiver Support Act.

Just as Edgewood did last month, CWLA is focusing efforts around Father's Day, encouraging supporters to contact their members of the Senate and House to become sponsors of the two kinship bills. The Senate bill (S. 661) was reintroduced by Senators Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), and Thad Cochrane (R-MS) in February and shortly before Mother's Day the House companion bill (HR 2188) was reintroduced by Representatives Danny Davis (D-IL) and Tim Johnson (R-IL). In addition to the original sponsors, Senators Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), John Kerry (D-MA), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Norm Coleman (R-MN), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Patty Murray (D-WA) now cosponsor S. 661. The House bill quickly picked up support from Representative Dennis Moore (D-KS), with more cosponsors to be announced soon.

In the spirit of Father's Day we are urging members of Congress to cosponsor the legislation. We are launching this effort by encouraging members of CWLA to contact their House and Senate members to cosponsor the Kinship Caregiver Support Act. For more information, visit our Advocacy section.