US: Designated Placements In, Conversation Therapy Out: Biden’s Rule for LGBTQ+ Foster Youth (Requires subscription)

Inprint – May 06, 2024

In the fall of 2023, the Biden administration released planned rulemaking around two issues in child welfare: legal representation for children and parents, and ensuring that LGBTQ+ youth in foster care have safe and supportive places to live. The legal representation rule is still pending, but the final iteration of the other proposal has been published and … it’s a little complicated, and creates yet another new term in the child welfare lexicon: “Designated Placements.” Youth Services Insider will attempt to break it down in layman’s terms.

Also: White House Announces Slate of Actions on Child Welfare (Requires subscription): https://imprintnews.org/youth-services-insider/biden-administration-announces-slate-actions-child-welfare/244951

Designated Placements In, Conversation Therapy Out: Biden’s Rule for LGBTQ+ Foster Youth