{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-presents-congressional-adoption-award-to-jones-county-family", "Grassley Presents Congressional Adoption Award to Jones County Family", "2024-09-12", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "Senate", "IA", "Chuck Grassley", "G000386", "www.grassley.senate.gov", "grassley", "https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), co-founder and co-chair of the Senate Caucus on Foster Youth, presented Chelsey\u2019s Dream Foundation with the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute\u2019s (CCAI) Angels in Adoption award. Anamosa\u2019s Chuck and Carol Bildstein founded the non-profit to provide financial and emotional support to adoptive families.\n\n\u201cI was honored to nominate Chuck and Carol for their work to carry out their daughter\u2019s final wish. This family has changed countless lives for children and parents,\u201d Grassley said. \u201cChelsey\u2019s Dream Foundation is highly deserving of the 2024 Angels in Adoption award, and I look forward to seeing its many accomplishments still to come.\u201d\n\nChelsey\u2019s Dream Foundation is named after Chuck and Carol\u2019s daughter, who passed away from cancer in 2014. Chelsey lived a generous life; her dream was to help families with their adoption expenses. The Bildsteins\u2019 Iowa-based non-profit carries out Chelsey\u2019s aspirations and champions her legacy. It manages fundraisers and grants, pairs families with donors and engages with like-minded organizations.\n\nChelsey\u2019s brother, Chad, and his wife, Shantelle, accept the Angels in Adoption award from Senator Grassley. Download the photo HERE.\n\nBackground:\n\nThe Angels in Adoption Program recognizes individuals for their contributions to adoption, foster care and child welfare. CCAI invites Angel honorees to Washington to celebrate their efforts, participate in advocacy training and share their experiences with congressional representatives. Grassley was named a member of the Advisory Council of the CCAI in 2015 and is a longtime advocate for adoptive parents and children.\n\nLearn more about Grassley\u2019s work to support adoptive families:\n\nThe Adoption and Safe Families Act, signed into law in 1997, reduces barriers to adoption and helps increase the number of adoptions across the country.\n\nThe Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoption Act, signed into law in 2008, ensures all special-needs children are eligible for federal adoption assistance.\n\nThe Recruiting Families Using Data Act, reintroduced this Congress, would strengthen state efforts to identify, recruit, screen, uplift and retain foster and adoptive families.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-presents-congressional-adoption-award-to-jones-county-family"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.488173147663474, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}