Tag: Alabama Department of Human Resources
Summer food benefits OK’d for 530K Alabama children
An estimated 530,000 Alabama children who get free or reduced-price school meals are now eligible for food benefits this summer after the...
Alabama celebrates record-breaking number of adoptions
The Alabama Department of Human Resources (ADHR) is celebrating a record-breaking number of adoptions from foster care, with 719 children finding homes in fiscal...
Alabama DHR increases subsidies to help low-income families afford child care
The Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR) has increased subsidies to help low-income families afford child care services thanks to the $40.7 million of additional...
Mother sues DHR, caseworkers in death of her daughter, a Montgomery...
The mother of a beloved Montgomery, Ala. teacher filed a lawsuit against Alabama foster care administrators at the Alabama Department of Human Resources (ADHR) and case...
Women of influence: Alabama State Rep. Pebblin Warren
Tuskegee Democrat, State Rep. Pebblin Warren has a whole lot of irons in the fire.
On top of being an Alabama state representative, she serves on...
Alabama House approves day care oversight compromise bill
The Alabama House of Representatives on Thursday approved a day care compromise bill that intends to provide the most basic level of safety for...
Day care regulation bill unanimously passes House committee
Alabama faith-based day care facilities are one step closer to having to be annually inspected after a House committee approved a substitute version of HB76.
HB76, as...
Conservative group Eagle Forum weighs in on childcare bill
Conservative group Eagle Forum of Alabama is taking a stand for families across Alabama — opposing a bill that would require church day cares to be licensed...
May is National Foster Care Month; foster parents needed in Alabama
May is National Foster Care Month, a month set aside to acknowledge foster parents, family members and other members of the community who help...
Robert Bentley signs bill to help protect vulnerable adults from financial...
Gov. Robert Bentley has signed a bill to help protect vulnerable adults from financial exploitation into law Monday.
Drafted by the Alabama Securities Commission (ASC), SB 220,...
