Foster parents ask lawmakers for more money

A Senate bill would raise reimbursements for raising others' kids

By Sarah Zoellick

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jan 30, 2013

~~<p>Foster parents urged state legislators Tuesday to support a bill that would increase their monthly reimbursement checks for the first time since 1990.</p>
<p>Supporters of Senate Bill 59 said the state's reimbursement rate of $529 per month per child — roughly $17 per day — does not cover all the child's expenses, and that the added cost of housing a foster child has turned qualified families away from the system.</p>
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Foster parents urged state legislators Tuesday to support a bill that would increase their monthly reimbursement checks for the first time since 1990.

Supporters of Senate Bill 59 said the state's reimbursement rate of $529 per month per child — roughly $17 per day — does not cover all the child's expenses, and that the added cost of housing a foster child has turned qualified families away from the system. Login for more...