A Pound of Prevention: Leveraging Federal Law Change to Put Families First in Virginia
For Emily Griffey, policy director of Voices for Virginia’s Children , some small print in the bipartisan budget act passed by Congress last February was cause for celebration. The legislation, known as the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA), was the first significant reform of child welfare financing in a generation. And unlike previous federal funding, which helped maintain the foster care system through subsidies for room, board and other services, the new law pays for...