Fostering
Permanence: Progress Achieved and Challenges Ahead for America’s Child
Welfare System
May 10, 2006, at 10:00 a.m., in 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Member Statements:
Charles Grassley, IA
Max Baucus, MT
Witness Statements:
Panel I
Commissioner Joan Ohl, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Washington, DC
Panel II
Jackie Hammers-Crowell, Former Foster Care Youth and Foster Care Advocate, Iowa City, IA
Gary Stangler, Executive Director, Jim Casey Youth, St. Louis, MO
Arlene Templer, MSW, ACSW, CRC, Confederate Salish and Kootenai Tribe, Department of Human Resources Development, Social Services Division Manager, Pablo, Montana
Joe Kroll, Executive Director, North American Council on Adoptable Children, St. Paul, MN