“Unfortunately, many families who are ready, willing and waiting to bring these children into their homes, have been blocked from doing so by organizations that discriminate against potential parents based on their sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or religion. Passcode: are hundreds of thousands of children in foster care right now and they deserve the chance to be raised by loving and caring parents, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or religion,” said Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY). To view the press conference and speaker remarks in full, click here. It also bars conversion therapy in foster care, requires data collection on LGBTQ+ youth and families, and establishes a National Resource Center for LGBTQ+ youth in foster care within the Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families. The John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family Act of 2021 also requires culturally competent care for youth and families of color and youth and families who are disabled, religious minorities, or LGBTQ+. In addition to barring discrimination against youth, families, and prospective parents, the Act takes significant steps towards improving outcomes for the one in three youth in foster care who identify as LGBTQ+ and who face greater rates of mistreatment, multiple placements, long stays in residential care, hospitalization, homelessness, and being trafficked than their non-LGBTQ+ counterparts. And, qualified LGBTQ+ people, including same-sex couples, are routinely turned away by agencies in many states, even though same-sex couples are seven times more likely to foster and adopt than their opposite-sex counterparts. For example, among African-American mothers, lesbian and bisexual women are four times more likely to have their children removed by the state than their non-LGB counterparts. It impacts children, families of origin, kin, and prospective foster and adoptive parents. Representatives Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR) and Angie Craig (D-MN-2) and 18 Senators join Congressman Davis and Senator Gillibrand as original cosponsors on the bill.ĭiscrimination in the child welfare system is significant and far-reaching. This bipartisan, bicameral federal legislation is designed to increase the number of homes available to all children in foster care and to improve services to LGBTQ+ and religious minority youth by prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, and marital status against families and youth in taxpayer-funded child welfare services. Representative Danny Davis (D-IL-7) and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) announced the introduction of the John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family Act of 2021. Lewis Voting Rights Act.Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Please match the urgency of this moment in history and Representative Lewis’ lifelong commitment to civil rights by doing everything in your power to pass the John R.
Lewis Voting Rights Act to restore much-needed oversight of states when they repeatedly try to enact racist voting laws, and to ensure that no state can make significant changes to how they conduct elections without considering how those changes would impact voters of color. Holder decision, paving the way for a resurgence of voter suppression laws and practices that disproportionately disenfranchise Black voters. Seven years ago, the Supreme Court gutted the original Voting Rights Act in its Shelby County v. Lewis Voting Rights Act that passed as the Voting Rights Advancement Act in the House last year. As you and fellow members of Congress mourn the passing of your House colleague, Representative John Lewis, I urge you to honor his memory with meaningful action by passing the John R.
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