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The Children's Partnership and SPARC co-released Electronic Information Exchange: Elements that Matter for Children in Foster Care, an issue brief that lays out the case for investing in systems that enable electronic information exchange for children and youth in foster care, reviews existing efforts underway in states and communities, identifies specific elements that serve this population most effectively, and discusses steps that state advocates can take to establish an integrated electronic record of care for foster children and youth in their state.

The Children’s Partnership and SPARC will be hosting an webinar on Thursday, January 31^st at 2:00pm EST. Speakers will include Beth Morrow, Director of Health IT Initiatives at The Children’s Partnership, author of the issue brief. 

You can register for the webinar here.

On January 1, 2013, federal lawmakers passed a bill that will improve social workers’ access to school records of the children and youth in foster care that they support. 

"Through the Uninterrupted Scholars Act, Congress has provided an important stepping stone to improve outcomes for children and youth in foster care," said Beth Morrow, Director, Health IT Initiatives. Download her full statement here .

Read about the Uninterrrupted Scholars Act here. 

Say Ahhh! A Children's Health Policy Blog

Ginny Puddefoot, Director of Health IT Initiatives for Vulnerable Youth, blogs on ensuring that foster kids benefit from the ACA.