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Pennsylvania expands paid parental leave, benefits for state employees

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – Pennsylvania is expanding paid parental leave and benefits for Commonwealth employees. The Office of Administration says eligible employees can take up to eight weeks of paid parental leave for qualifying birth, adoption, or foster placement of a child that occurs after February 15, within six months of the qualifying event. This […] ....

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Foster Care: Safety Net or Trap Door?

For tens of thousands of endangered children, foster care has become a trap door rather than the safety net they need to help them succeed. In particular, federal financing policies have favored foster care over other child welfare approaches, leading states to overuse foster care to the detriment of children who could be adopted or whose families could be rehabilitated. Congress should give states more flexibility in how they can use federal funding and stop providing foster care funding on a per capita basis, which promotes this dependence. States should refocus on achieving the best outcomes for children. Among other approaches, state agencies should work with private-sector agencies and faith-based networks to find adoptive parents and guardians for children languishing in foster care. ....

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20211123 09:26:00

Councils, somewhere in the region of 15-30 councils, somewhere in the region of 15 30 out of the country who haven t taken any yet. i m very disappointed by that. i can fully understand why the government would want to act to make sure that every local authority takes their fair share. make sure that every local authority takes theirfair share. but make sure that every local authority takes their fair share. but we also need to make sure that the government works with us to fix the problems in the chaotic asylum system, which is causing some councils reluctance in stepping forwards. issues like the national shortage of social workers, the national shortage of foster care placements, and of course the resources to be able to support children who need to be looked after, notjust in the short term but in the long term if they become a long term responsibility. authorities like mine in newcastle have really been putting our shoulder to the wheel and taking more than ourfair share of should ....

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20211123 11:09:00

I m very disappointed by that. i can fully understand why the government would want to act to make sure that every local authority takes their fair share. but we also need to make sure that the government works with us to fix the problems in the chaotic asylum system, which is causing some councils reluctance in stepping forward. issues like the national shortage of social workers, the national shortage of foster care placements, and of course the resources to be able to support children who need to be looked after, notjust in the short term but in the long term if they become our long term responsibilities. authorities like mine in newcastle have really been putting our shoulder to the wheel and taking more than ourfair share of such children, because we think it s the right and moral thing to do. i very much hope that those councils who haven t yet taken any unaccompanied children will come forward and do so, so we can solve ....

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