HB 1779 (2026)
Require support for foster children's cultural backgrounds
This bill is still active.
Requires the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to take a child's cultural background into consideration when making foster care placements and to develop resources to support foster children's cultural background and heritage. In particular, the bill establishes cultural foster care as a specialized system that seeks to place children with families that share or respect their cultural background, and stipulates that every child placed in cultural foster care be assigned a cultural advocate within 30 days of placement.
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