Policy and Practice April 2017

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to last summer’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on ESSA. In the coming months, workgroup meetings will include key partners that support educational stability for foster youth and state and local education agencies partners to expand the dialogue and partnerships with education entities. „ „ NAPCWA has convened its national member network for monthly calls on The Outlook for ChildWelfare. The calls included updates on new legislative proposals affecting child welfare and children and families and provided a forum for finalizing guiding principles that alignwith and promote APHSA’s Pathways 3.0 agenda, introduced in the transition report “Creating aModern and Responsive Health andHuman Services System.”

Care and Senior Advisor of the Intergenerational Poverty Initiative, as the new NASCCA Vice-Chair. Gruber joins NASCCA Chair Janice Molnar, Deputy Commissioner, Division of Child Care Services, New York State Office of Children and Family Services, as the Co-Leads of the Executive Advisory Committee. „ „ NASCCA has completed a series of national member calls to support child care administrators’ work to implement the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG). The affiliate hosted three calls and pre-call surveys on the main topics members identified as high priorities, including graduated phase-out, background checks, and health and safety training. Results from the survey and dis- cussion from the summary calls will be compiled and released as a NASCCA Policy Brief on CCDBG Implementation.

National Association of Public Child Welfare Administrators „ „ NAPCWA welcomes new President Doris Tolliver, Chief of Staff, Indiana Department of Child Services and Vice President, Nanette Bowler, Director, Fairfax County Department of Family Services. Tolliver and Bowler will join Greg Rose, Deputy Director, Children and Family Services, California Department of Social Services as NAPCWA officers. „ „ The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) workgroup continues to support members’ implementation of the ESSA provisions related to students in foster care. The work- group meets monthly, providing an ongoing forum for members to exchange ideas, best practices, and collectively address challenges and develop solutions to maintain progress in implementation. The workgroup was originally created to develop comments in response

National Association of State Child Care Administrators

„ „ NASCCA welcomes Tracy Gruber, Director for Utah’s Office of Child

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