Madeleine Charis King
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Iowa Public Radio
Under a bill on its way to the governor's desk, prospective foster care parents couldn't be denied licensure due to their sincerely held moral and religious beliefs around gender identity and sexual orientation. Opponents of the bill say it could harm LGBTQ youth in foster care.
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The Iowa Senate passed a bill that would change Iowa's foster care training requirements. Under the proposal, the state would determine a training course for each prospective foster parent, with some areas of training still required. -
Iowans who take in family members in foster care, known as kinship caregivers, can now receive financial assistance equal to foster care parents because of a 2023 federal rule. -
A foster care nonprofit is launching an online platform for foster and kinship families to find items they need in the hours before foster kids arrive.
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Author Mark Daley has shared his experiences fostering and what he learned along the way in the book Safe: A Memoir of Fatherhood, Foster Care and the Risks We Take for Family. -
There is a critical need for more foster parents in Iowa, according to the nonprofit that oversees foster and adoptive services in the state. -
The new director of the Iowa Reading Research Center discusses k-12 reading education in Iowa, and the director of the Reel Hope Project explains how the project helps foster children find homes.
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Author Mark Daley has shared his experiences fostering and what he learned along the way in the book Safe: A Memoir of Fatherhood, Foster Care and the Risks We Take for Family.
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Two Iowa children who faced severe physical abuse, neglect and torture by their adoptive parents are set to receive $5 million each under a settlement approved by State Appeal Board. They were adopted siblings of Sabrina Ray, who died of starvation in 2017. -
Around 7 million Americans are adopted, and just like every family is unique, every adoption experience is unique. When stories are told about adoption, we tend to focus on the experiences of adoptive parents, but adoptees have their own important stories to share.
