The Michigan House today approved a bipartisan plan spearheaded by Rep. Mary Whiteford, chair of the House Adoption and Foster Care Task Force, inspired by the task force’s recommendations. The plan includes several measures to improve the child welfare system by making critical changes to correct areas where the adoption and foster care system is falling short.

Rep. Whiteford, the Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Department of Health and Human Services, talks about speaking at the Capitol Thursday at the Unite to Face Addiction rally. Rep. Whiteford says the state has worked to provide more addiction intervention early on, and to make sure that resources are available.