Nonprofits Insurance Alliance of California (NIAC) discovered that foster family agencies (FFAs) in California are unfairly set up as scapegoats due t

California FFA & AB 2496 Explain Like I’m Five (ELI5) FAQ

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2024-10-23 02:30:06

Nonprofits Insurance Alliance of California (NIAC) discovered that foster family agencies (FFAs) in California are unfairly set up as scapegoats due to four specific problems in California’s judicial system. These four problems prevent FFAs from being insurable for many required coverages by any insurer.

NIAC set out to change these judicial problems by sponsoring a bill called AB 2496, the Foster Family Agency Accountability Act. In the end, the original language of AB 2496 was gutted and amended, and the version signed into law only solved one of the four problems, leaving California FFAs uninsurable for many required coverages.

We live in a for-profit world. It’s difficult and foreign for many people to understand the motivation of nonprofits, but here’s some things to keep in mind:

All of these things tend to run opposite to what most have been taught or have grown up learning. When bias stemming from a for-profit understanding of the world bleeds into reporting, it does not make good journalism or help nonprofits in their missions to benefit community.