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Children Denied: Family Cap and Foster Care
May 4, 2005
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Mothers on welfare in 24 states don't receive increased benefits if they have additional children. Lawmakers said they wanted to hold down birthrates, but women on welfare say the rule's intent is deeply misguided, and the results are harmful to women and children. On this special Welfare Radio Collaborative edition of Making Contact, we'll explore the "family-cap" and its effect on women's lives, as well as the studies that call it into question. We'll also look at foster care, and how families on welfare are more at risk for losing their children.
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Featuring:
The voices of several mothers on welfare; Toby Eastman, former Child Protective Services worker and now with Homeless Children's Network; Diana Romero, Columbia University Department of Population and Family Health; Kim Alverenga, Women of Color Resource Center; National Center for Human Rights Education; Loretta Ross, SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective.
For more information:
Homeless Children's Network
3265 17th Street, Suite 404
San Francisco, CA 94110
415-437-3990; hcninfo@pacbell.net
Columbia University
Department of Population and Family Health
60 Haven Avenue B-2
New York, New York 10032
www.mailman.hs.columbia.edu/popfam/fac/
Women of Color Resource Center
1611 Telegraph Ave. #303
Oakland, CA 94612
510-444-2700; fax:
510-444-2711; info@coloredgirls.org
www.coloredgirls.org
National Center for Human Rights Education
118 East Maple St
Decatur, GA 30030
678-904-2640; fax:
678-904-2641; info@nchre.org
www.nchre.org
SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective
PO Box 311020
Atlanta, GA 31131
info@sistersong.net
www.sistersong.net