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State Funding for Residential
State rates for residential placements have not increased since 1999-2000. More than 1,000 beds have been closed in the state since the rates have been frozen. Locally, six-high level programs have closed. more...
Kinship Care
Kinship care is a situation in which an adult family member, such as a grandparent, aunt, uncle, or other relative, provides a home for a child who cannot live with his or her parents. Kinship placements for children in child welfare provide an opportunity to keep families united through a time of crisis. Since 2001, kinship placements have increased across the country, yet kin caregivers remain under-supported. more...
The "All Healthy Children Act"
Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) have made tremendous progress in improving children’s health insurance, currently providing coverage to over 30 million children. Yet nine million children in America, almost 90% living in working households and a majority in two-parent families, are still uninsured. Millions more are underinsured. more...
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Believe in San Francisco Children: Solving the Residential Funding Crisis
On May 5, the Government Audit & Oversight Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors held a hearing on the "Status and Future Plans for Agency Coordination for San Francisco Children and Youth Needing Residential Treatment Placed through Probation, Behavioral Health, and Child Welfare." The hearing was co-sponsored by Supervisors Sophie Maxwell and Carmen Chu.
Contact Edgewood Director of Policy and Planning Kate Kalstein for more information.
- Read the San Francisco Chronicle's May 5th story. more...
- Tell your Supervisor and the Mayor that you support funding for San Francisco's last alternative to a locked psychiatric hospital for children with acute mental and behavioral challenges. more...
- Who is your Supervisor? Find your San Francisco district. more...
Mental Health Services Act (Proposition 63)
Here's an opportunity for Edgewood clients, staff and supporters to comment on how this important mental health program funding legislation is being implemented. Edgewood especially encourages its clients to make their voice and choice heard in the future design and implemetation of the program. The Community Behavioral Health Services unit of the Department of Public Health is inviting all stakeholders to review and comment on San Francisco County's Request for Prudent Reserve for a period of 30 days from April 15, 2008 to May 14, 2008. This 30 day stakeholder review and comment is in fulfillment of the provisions of the Welfare and Institutions Code (W&I) Section 5848. more...
advocacy links
Study published by The Family Strengthening Policy Center examining the benefits of respite care programs for families headed by relative caregivers. more...
Group Homes: Myths versus Facts more...
The Senate's "Kinship Caregiver Support Act" attempts to address the full range of emotional, physical and financial difficulties facing children and kinship caregivers so that relatives may become formal guardians and at the same time receive some financial assistance. more...
Kinship caregivers go to Sacramento to tell California legislators why kin care matters.
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