Former Idaho official ended state taking foster kid’s Social Security money. Are other states next?

Former Idaho official ended state taking foster kid’s Social Security money. Are other states next?

Former Idaho Department of Health and Welfare director Alex Adams had ended the practice of the state taking Social Security survivor’s benefits on behalf of foster youth to pay for their care. Now, as assistant secretary at the U.S. Administration for Children and Families, he’s providing support for other states to do the same. | (Photo illustration by iStock/Getty Images Plus), taken from Idaho Capital Sun BOISE (Idaho Capital Sun) – A federa…

HHS Targets States Over Conscience Rights, Foster Care Benefit Seizures

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services launched two sweeping actions this month that put state governments under renewed federal scrutiny, opening a civil rights investigation into behavioral health licensing practices while pressing governors nationwide to stop the seizure of foster youths’ Social Security benefits. On December 9, the HHS Office for Civil Rights announced a major investigation into a state health de…