We urge you to contact your Members of Congress today and encourage them to provide federal funding to support guardianship placements!

The Adoption and Safe Families Act, enacted in 1997, recognizes placement with a relative or a legal guardian as a permanency option for children in foster care; however, the federal government makes no funds available on a continuing basis to help those relatives care for the children. Now there is a bill in Congress to address this issue!

Write to your Members of Congress today and ask them to

• Cosponsor and support the Kinship Caregiver Support Act in the U.S Senate (Bill S.661) - current co-sponsors are Seantors Hillary Clinton, Olympia Snowe and Thad Cochran.
• Support the Guardianship Assistance Promotion and Kinship Support Act in the U.S. House of Representatives.