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Transfer from KidsCare left 14,000 Arizona children in an insurance gap
Finding stable and affordable health care insurance remains a struggle for working poor Arizona families who make too much to qualify for the state’s Medicaid program, but too little to afford private insurance.
Cash assistance limits dropped to lowest in the nation
Needy families in Arizona will soon be cut off from cash assistance meant to help the poorest parents pay for housing, food and expenses if they’ve received money from a federal program for 12 months or more.
Parents, grandparents, students aren’t fooled by the new state budget
Earlier this legislative session, many state lawmakers grilled Charles Flanagan – who was then director of the Department of Child Safety – about why reports of child neglect are still going up. They pointed fingers, made speeches and issued statements about how important it is to protect child safety and reduce child abuse and neglect.
Online taxing bill killed by GOP defectors
A handful of Republicans in the House on Tuesday joined with Democrats to kill legislation meant to keep the state from collecting more income if Congress approves legislation requiring online sellers to collect state sales taxes.
New child assistance agency seeks funding to replace old database
The new Department of Child Services is asking for an additional $27.6 million for fiscal year 2016 to keep up with growth and replace an antiquated database that keeps track of the state’s abused and neglected kids.
As national debate looms, Arizona’s KidsCare freeze puts it in spotlight
Four years after Arizona froze enrollment in KidsCare, the state’s children’s health insurance program, the program is barely registering a pulse.
Arizona children pay more under health law
The families of 14,000 Arizona children who lost health coverage earlier this year are likely paying more for fewer benefits under the Affordable Care Act, according to newly released study.
Overwhelmed child abuse specialists relinquish cases to less-skilled workers
Child welfare investigators specializing in cases of sexual and physical abuse are relinquishing thousands of cases to ordinary caseworkers, who are already overburdened, a practice that is possibly in violation of the law.
As neglect reports rise, agency plans to push for more child-care funding
Dana Naimark, the leader of the Children’s Action Alliance, is going to push for increased funding for child-care subsidies in the upcoming special session by trying to dispel the notion that subsidies are a form of welfare.
Child welfare work group poised to pitch ideas for new agency
A small group of lawmakers and Capitol staffers will begin making their pitch for a new child safety organization to the Legislature next week.
Attention turns back to child welfare reforms
The Capitol community’s attention is turning to the work of a small group of lawmakers and Capitol staffers drafting legislation to create a new child safety and welfare agency,... […]
AZ budget doesn’t provide enough money for child safety, advocates say
Children’s welfare advocates blasted the budget proposal moving through the Arizona Legislature, saying it commits the same errors lawmakers have routinely made in the past.
