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		<title>We&#8217;ve Moved</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 14:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Insider has moved. Please update your bookmarks accordingly. We&#8217;ll still be delivering the same content, just the blog&#8217;s URL is changing.]]></description>
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		<title>MORE FOSTER CARE RATE INCREASES IN CALIFORNIA</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 20:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cecilia Fiermonte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week we reported that major litigation in California had come to a close when the appeals were exhausted. The series of resulting decisions (referred to as Alliance I and II) requires California to raise its group home rates.  More rate increases are expected to occur in California. On the heels of Alliance, a group [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California Group Home Rate Cases Upheld</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:59:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cecilia Fiermonte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Child Welfare]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[  An important case out of California, California Alliance of Child and Family Services v. Allenby, reached its conclusion on April 5, 2011 when the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed two lower court decisions in favor of the California Alliance of Child and Family Services.   Advocates had been following the case, which had produced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ACF Tip Sheet Promotes Early Childhood Collaboration</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 17:39:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cecilia Fiermonte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Child Welfare]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ACF (Administration for Children, Youth and Families) and The Office of Child Care at DHHS  (Department of Health and Human Services) have issued a tip sheet, dated April 2011,  that urges states to adopt collaborative strategies between child welfare  and early childhood agencies.  The federal agencies, recognizing that smaller children are particularly vulnerable, yet also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medicaid Reform: Two Proposals</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 23:03:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cecilia Fiermonte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A corner stone of the 2012 House budget resolution is a major restructuring of Medicaid by turning it into a block grant, while repealing the reforms contemplated by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA).  Proponents say a block grant is necessary to give states flexibility to design more efficient, money-saving systems.  The administration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Details of 2011 Budget Deal Announced</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:55:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Lester</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Details of the federal budget deal covering the rest of the year &#8212; struck Friday between the House, Senate, and Obama administration &#8212; were released this morning. The bill is H.R. 1473. We are currently reviewing the public materials, but here is what is available now: Summary of the 2011 Continuing Resolution from House Republicans [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Capitol Hill Briefing Highlights Child Abuse Prevention Programs</title>
		<link>http://unca-acf.org/insider/?p=628</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cecilia Fiermonte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Child Welfare]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Investment in promising  child abuse prevention programs has the potential to  reduce trauma to children and lower foster care caseloads.  Later this year Congress will consider the reauthorization of The Safe and Stable Families Act, which is one of the largest sources of preventative service funding. On April 7, to recognize Child Abuse Prevention Month, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Republicans Introduce 2012 Budget Plan</title>
		<link>http://unca-acf.org/insider/?p=610</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 20:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cecilia Fiermonte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday April 5  House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) introduced the 2012 Republican Budget Plan.  Entitled The Path to Prosperity, the proposal  purports to end the federal deficit by restructuring  federal programs, including Medicaid, Medicare, and SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) and creating growth by  decreasing tax rates on corporations and the highest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>School Stability Teleconference</title>
		<link>http://unca-acf.org/insider/?p=605</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 20:39:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cecilia Fiermonte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Of interest: Strategies to Support School Stability and Continuity – Part 2 (NRCOI Webinar) Date/Time: Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 2:30 PM EDT This free webinar from the National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement is co-sponsored by the National Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues, the National Resource Center for Youth Development, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reauthorizing IV-E Waivers:  Flexible Funding as a Step Toward Reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:26:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cecilia Fiermonte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Child Welfare]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On March 10, 2011 the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing to consider re-establishing IV-E waiver authority and to examine how the waiver program could be expanded and improved. The legislative authority granting the secretary of HHS (Health and Human Services) to approve 10 new demonstration projects per year expired in 2006, though 7 projects [...]]]></description>
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