House Committee on Ways and Means

Hearing on Strengthening Child Welfare and Protecting America’s Children

DATE: June 26, 2024

TIME: 10:00AM ET

LOCATION: 1100 Longworth House Office Building

At a Ways and Means hearing on strengthening child welfare programs in Title IV-B of the Social Security Act, witnesses urged the Committee to pursue reforms that would help the program better serve children and families in crisis. The hearing comes as the Committee has conducted a year-long review of Title IV-B to examine how it can better meet current needs and challenges.

Witnesses, including former foster youth, lived experience advocates, and child welfare experts, identified areas ripe for reform, including kinship care, the caseworker shortage, administrative burden, and unfair barriers faced by Native American tribes.

Witnesses

Paris Hilton

Lived-Experience Advocate and CEO

11:11 Media

Rob Geen

Bipartisan Policy Center Fellow, Chair of Board of Trustees

Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption

Tori Hope Petersen

Author, Speaker, and Advocate

Alexis Mansfield

Senior Advisor, Children & Families & Relationship Safety

Women’s Justice Institute

Committee Notice:

https://waysandmeans.house.gov/event/hearing-on-strengthening-child-welfare-and-protecting-americas-children/