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An insurance shakeup in California threatens to uproot foster families

by Elly Yu
Oct 15, 2024
The Nonprofits Insurance Alliance of California provides liability coverage to 90% of the market for foster family agencies in the state.
Adriana Mancilla has been a foster parent for over two decades. She fosters kids through a foster family agency.
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Supreme Court to hear challenge to Indian Child Welfare Act — and a lot is at stake

by Savannah Peters
Nov 7, 2022
The Indian Child Welfare Act sought to address a history of cultural dispossession. Now, it's being threatened by a Supreme Court case.
Clarisse Harris, a foster parent to Native children, was raised before the passage of the Indian Child Welfare Act. Now, the ICWA — which helped facilitate those placements — is in legal peril. 
Photo illustration: Dylan Miettinen/Marketplace. Photos: Getty Images, Clarisse Harris
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