Jay Rockefeller: “abused and neglected children are among the most vulnerable and poorly protected members of American society. Too many…”

“abused and neglected children are among the most vulnerable and poorly protected members of American society. Too many of these children are left to wander aimlessly through the foster care system--a system which, from the outset, was never designed or intended to be a permanent home. We can no longer continue to sentence these foster children to endless waits--a legal limbo in which they no longer feel welcome in their biological families but are unable to be adopted into new and loving homes. Despite the thousands of dedicated foster parents and child welfare workers who strive daily to effectively address the many needs of abused and neglected children in an overloaded system, we know that nothing can replace a permanent and loving home made by adults who can be counted on without condition or limitation. Acknowledging our collective obligation to allow no child to fall between the cracks, I am proud to join together with Senator John Chafee and my other colleagues in a truly extraordinary bipartisan effort to introduce the Promotion of Adoption Safety and Support for Abused and Neglected Children Act [PASS].”