SOUL Family Legal Permanency Option
In-Person Testimony – John Monroe, Catalyst on behalf of the Center for the Rights of Abused Children
House Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care
Introduction
Chair Concannon, Vice Chair Johnson, Ranking Member Ousley, and members of the
committee:
My name is John Monroe, and I represent the Center for the Rights of Abused Children.
We support HB 2536
The Center was founded several years ago to ensure every child has a safe and loving home. Children and youth in foster care should not languish in the system year after year. Whether by safe reunification, adoption, or guardianship, children have a right to family, permanency, and stability. Policymakers should strive for a system that helps children find permanency quickly.
HB 2536 provides another path to help youth obtain permanency and merits the legislature’s support.