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Senate committee backs resolution supporting federal grants for adoption education, birth‑mother support
Summary
The Idaho Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted to send concurrent resolution RS32271 to print after hearing that the measure would signal the Legislature's willingness to receive federal funds for adoption education and birth‑mother services if federal grant language permits.
The Idaho Senate Health and Welfare Committee on a voice vote moved RS32271, a concurrent resolution declaring legislative support for receiving federal funds to expand adoption education and birth‑mother care, to print for further action.
Senator Julie Van Orden, District 30, presented the resolution and said the measure would position Idaho to accept federal grants for adoption education, adoption awareness and expanded birth‑mother supports should federal grant language be changed to allow the state to accept those funds. Terry Markcroft, founder and executive director of the nonprofit Unplanned Good, told committee members her group is advocating nationally to increase adoption education and birth‑mother services.
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