DHR announces additional pandemic EBT benefits coming soon to eligible families
Alabama families who qualify for Pandemic EBT can expect to see additional benefits loaded onto their EBT cards within the next week.
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World Elder Abuse Awareness Day to be observed June 15 in Alabama
The elderly population and disabled adults in our state and communities have the right to feel safe and to be treated with dignity and respect. Unfortunately, this is not the case for every elderly individual and disabled adult in our state. Based upon reports from previous years, thousands of elderly individuals and disabled adults have … Continued
June 11, 2020
Bill strengthening foster parents’ rights in child custody cases clears senate committee
Wednesday, a bill that would require a juvenile court to consider a child’s relationship with his or her current foster parents and the child’s best interests when making a determination of whether to terminate parental rights received a favorable report in the Senate Committee on Children and Senior Advocacy. House Bill 157 is sponsored by … Continued
State sets record for number of foster care adoptions
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced that, yet again, Alabama reported a record number of foster care adoptions. In Fiscal Year 2019, there were 731 foster care adoptions, which is an all-time record for the state. That is up from the previous year’s record of 727 adoptions. The governor celebrated this news with Alabama families and … Continued
Senate vote on daycare bill postponed — again
By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter The Alabama Senate has again delayed a long-awaited vote on a bill to regulate church-affiliated daycares after some members of the caucus, concerned that the bill would intrude on faith-based daycares, appeared ready to fight the bill. The bill was up for a vote in the Senate on Thursday, … Continued
To cheers on the floor, House sends day care licensing bill up to the Senate
By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter The Alabama House on Thursday approved a bill that would bring more previously unlicensed religious day cares under the supervision of the Alabama Department of Human Resources. The bill by Rep. Pebblin Warren, D-Tuskegee, has been nearly two years in the making. It passed the House last year but … Continued
House committee approves bill to regulate exempt religious day cares
By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter A bill that would revoke the exemption status of non-profit religious day cares and bring them under the oversight of Department of Human Resources health and safety regulations passed out of committee Tuesday. The move marks the legislation’s first approval in the sometimes lengthy process. It’ll need to be … Continued
State still behind in LGBT protection as lawmakers return to Montgomery, LGBT group says
By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter As lawmakers make their way back to Montgomery for the Legislative Session this year, a branch of the nation’s largest LGBT civil rights organization says Alabama is still far behind in its protections for LGBT people. The State Equality Index, an annual comprehensive report released by the Human Rights … Continued
LaPoint warns of dangers of medical kidnapping
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Friday, Oct. 27, 2017, investigative journalist Terri LaPoint spoke to the Alabama Federation of Republican Women at their biannual convention in Prattville, Alabama. LaPoint spoke about about abusive practices of government child protective services. LaPoint said that bank robbers have more rights than a parent under investigation by state … Continued
Daycare bill fails to make it past Senate floor despite last minute push
By Sam Mattison Alabama Political Reporter A bill that would have regulated non-licensed daycare facilities failed to get past the Senate floor despite the resolve of supporters Friday morning. The bill would have brought daycare centers that received government subsidize around Alabama under the regulating power of the Department of Human Resources. Under existing law, … Continued