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Committee backs creation of permanent foster-care oversight subcommittee
Summary
The committee recommended passage of House Bill 478 to establish a permanent foster-care oversight subcommittee within the Oversight Commission on Children's Services after hearing testimony about foster-parent isolation and service gaps.
The Children and Family Law Committee unanimously recommended passage of House Bill 478, which would create a permanent foster-care oversight subcommittee within the Oversight Commission on Children's Services.
Representative Peter Petrino, sponsor of the bill, told the committee the measure stems from a summer study committee that heard testimony from DCYF, the Office of the Child Advocate, children's-law groups, Waypoint, and foster parents. "We heard testimony ... and they reported feelings of isolation, loneliness,…
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