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Adoption and Foster Care by Gay and Lesbian Parents in the United States




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Adoption and Foster Care by Gay and Lesbian Parents in the United States

By Gary J. Gates and M.V. Lee Badgett of the Williams Institute and Kate Chambers and Jennifer Macomber of the Urban Institute March 2007.
Discussion and debate about adoption and foster care by gay, lesbian, and bisexual (GLB) parents occurs frequently among child welfare policymakers, social service agencies, and social workers. They all need better information about GLB adoptive and foster parents and their children as they make individual and policy-level decisions about placement of children with GLB parents. This report provides new information on GLB adoption and foster care from the U.S. Census 2000, the National Survey of Family Growth (2002), and the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (2004). Adoption and Foster Care by Gay and Lesbian Parents in the United States (PDF)






By The Williams Institute, USA.










Family and Children Policy Resource.







Senate Hearing to Debate Junk Food in Schools Tuesday

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Senate Hearing to Debate Junk Food in Schools Tuesday

March 2007. WASHINGTON—Tomorrow the Senate Agriculture Committee will hold a hearing on school nutrition issues, a move that the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) says signals new hope for strong, national action to get junk food out of schools. Senators are expected to discuss the Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act, sponsored by Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), among others, as well as the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s fruit and vegetable snack program, long championed by Harkin and which CSPI seeks to expand.


By CSPINET USA.


Family and Children Policy Resource.

UCLA's Williams Institute Analyzes Census Data Relevant to Today?s Hearing of California Marriage Ca

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UCLA's Williams Institute Analyzes Census Data Relevant to Today?s Hearing of California Marriage Cases.. July 10, 2006. Today, the California First District Court of Appeal will hear oral arguments in six cases on whether the California constitution requires the State to extend marriage to same-sex couples. The appeals are brought by California's attorney general and two groups opposed to gay marriage.

 

By CPB ? Williams Project.,US.

Family and Children Policy Resource.

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