The Senate Family and Children Services Committee heard HB 1051 authored by Rep. DeVon and sponsored by Sen. Donato on communication between caregivers and parents. The bill adds language providing supporting and facilitating two-way communication between parents and foster parents, or kinship caregivers is a state policy. On February 12th, the Indiana … [Read more...] about Communication between caregivers and parents
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Children in need of services
The Senate Family and Children Services Committee heard HB 1310 authored by Rep. Lauer and sponsored by Sen. Walker and Sen. Johnson on children in need of services. The bill provides that: Champions for Children and a foster parent testified in support of the bill. The bill passed 8-0. Read the bill at: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2024/bills/house/1310 … [Read more...] about Children in need of services
Reunification plan for a child in need of services
The House Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs heard SB 171 on a reunification plan for a child in need of services authored by Sen. G. Walker, Sen. Donato, and Sen. Johnson and sponsored by Rep. Lauer, Rep. Ledbetter, Rep. Patterson, and Rep. Olthoff. The bill amends the circumstances under which reasonable efforts to reunify a child with the child's parent, guardian, or … [Read more...] about Reunification plan for a child in need of services
Courts for children three years of age and younger in need of services
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard HB 1101 concerning courts for children three years of age and younger in need of services sponsored by Sen. Koch, Sen. Brown, and Sen. Donato. Author, Rep. Lauer, introduced the bill as a new problem-solving court model to achieve permanency faster. It was reported that there are hundreds of these courts nationwide showing faster time to … [Read more...] about Courts for children three years of age and younger in need of services
Family and juvenile law matters
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard HB 1369 on family and juvenile law matters sponsored by Sen. Brown, Sen. Koch, and Sen. Dernulc. Author, Rep. McGuire, stated the bill prioritizes child safety and decreases the time to permanency for children in foster care. The bill provides clear and concise statutory guidelines for DCS and the courts to use when determining the … [Read more...] about Family and juvenile law matters