Child Welfare Team tunes in and reviews new foster care TV show
This week, the television network ABC Family aired a new show called “The Fosters” about a same-sex couple and their […]
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Match your gift to Appleseed TODAY!
Today is the day! Give a gift to Appleseed at this link any time before midnight and your gift will
Economic Justice
Take Action to support accessible and high quality child care
Every Nebraska child should be safe while their parents are working, so affordable, quality child care is vital to allow
Immigrants & Communities
Nebraska Appleseed Statement on Senate Immigration Bill
Darcy Tromanhauser, Director of Nebraska Appleseed’s Immigrants & Communities Program, issued the following statement on today’s Senate immigration reform bill.
Child Welfare
U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Indian Child Welfare Case
Written with Lyndley Schlepp Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case Adoptive Couple v. Baby
Economic Justice
Bill would combat Nebraska’s high level of food hardship
Recently, the Food Research Research and Action Center (FRAC) released a new report examining the national percentage of households facing
Child Welfare
Aid to Dependent Children rate must be raised to strengthen our families
Effectively addressing poverty is not only fundamental to the well-being of children and families in our community, it is also
Economic Justice
Child care assistance bill would strengthen Nebraska families
Affordable child care is vital to allow families to work and to keep children safe. In Nebraska, the Child Care
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Appleseed testifies in support of bill to better enable kinship homes in foster care
On January 31, Appleseed Child Welfare Director Sarah Helvey testified before the HHS Committee in support of LB 265. LB
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Statement on the introduction of bills establishing more adequate ADC & foster care rates
Today, Senator Kathy Campbell introduced LB 508, a bill to incrementally increase the Aid to Dependent Children (ADC) rate in
