The head of one of the most important services of attention Nebraska Hosting, said that if religious agencies children lose government funding capacity for the rejection with same-sex partners, organization and others could work to fill the gap.
"It's not about the number of organisms, is what to do to recruit these organizations to promote and support a diverse set of foster parents for children Team to ensure that the proper placement can be done," said Jim blue CEO cedars based Lincoln.
A coalition of four placement denominational agencies supported a measure promoted to protect them from losing money from the state, if future parents are away, including same-sex couples who violate their religious convictions by state Sen. Mark Kolterman of Seward.
These organizations argue that provide an invaluable service: recruitment and faithful Christians help homes for children to make available.
"Nebraska can not afford to lose a family of secure and loving host, and can not afford to lose a single body of the child in place," Kolterman the bill (said LB975 during a public hearing on February 17).
The state has more than 3,400 children in foster care, 31 children placement agency licensed and approximately 2,954 licensed homes or homes of relatives, although these houses are not currently accommodated children.
Blue, said the same number of children, the support without the four organizations accounting Kolterman can be served.
But Karen Authier, CEO of Nebraska Children Home Society, another organization of the child in place, so the answer is not so clear.
Nebraska children home place children with homosexual parents and address sexual orientation or religion, but not based agency is officially neutral in LB975.
"It is characterized as a line in the sand, and do not think it's that simple," he said.
Duration adoptions whose biological parents give up the rights of children, is likely to continue with minimal disruption if religious organizations have lost funding, she said: "There is no doubt that there is adequate coverage for them."
However, he said, "foster parents have to be loyal to their agencies. ... They often have strong preferences, what the organization want to belong."
When children home care stopped for Nebraska with temporary placements, some parents probably work with different agencies - but others completely no longer favored in circumstances, he said.
The state of Nebraska has threatened to withdraw not finance religious organizations that do not serve a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender families. But a handful of other states have.
In Illinois, Catholic Charities chose their child protection services in 2011 to finish instead of working with same-sex couples.
Number of cases in this state were transferred to another adoption and care agencies, and at least two dioceses spun its own staff and workload in the new body from, cut its direct links with the Roman Catholic Church.
Veronica Resa, ministry spokesman Illinois Children and Families, described the transition as "not an issue" Five years later, saying that he found on the ability State Homes for Children had no negative impact.
The situation is different in Nebraska, where health officials say Kolterman effectively the bill support to protect the funding of religious organizations.
In fact, the first public criticism of the agencies came in response to LB975.
During the hearing in February and follow-up letters to the Department of Health and Human Services, called Senator Lincoln State Adam Morfeld for an investigation to determine whether the bodies in violation of the restrictions on the use of federal funds are based on the to discriminate against religion or sexual orientation.
Kolterman obtain a legal opinion on the issue of Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson.
"All legal arguments aside, no federal or state funds should use discrimination against people" Morfeld said.
Five national child protection organizations against a bill Kolterman.
Child Welfare League of America, said in a letter last month that the measure "for children in the care supply in Nebraska could be devastating" to allow agencies to avert future parents.
In a separate letter were four groups studies that suggest gay and lesbian parents are more older to take special needs and minority children than heterosexual adults. The letter was signed by the leaders of the Donaldson Adoption Institute, Council of adoptable children, votes for adoption, and the National Center on adoption and permanency of North America.
LB975 has not yet made the judicial service of the Legislative Assembly and remain only 19 days until state lawmakers summer break.
Colby CoASH Lincoln Laura Ebke of Crete and Bill Kintner of Papillion: Three senators have cosigned the measure. CoASH Ebke and sit on the Judiciary Committee.
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