Fostering connections act : elements and efforts for improved foster care outcomes /

Approximately 400,000 children were living in foster care in fiscal year 2012, according to the most recent data available. The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 is an omnibus child welfare bill designed to ensure greater permanence and improve the well-being of c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Slater, Graham (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Nova Science Publishers Incorporated, 2014.
Colección:Social issues, justice and status series.
Temas:
Foster home care.
Child welfare.
Adopted children.
Adoptive parents.
Enfants adoptés.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Adopted children
Adoptive parents
Child welfare
Foster home care
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Approximately 400,000 children were living in foster care in fiscal year 2012, according to the most recent data available. The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 is an omnibus child welfare bill designed to ensure greater permanence and improve the well-being of children served by public child welfare agencies. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) oversees states' implementation of federal child welfare requirements. This book examines steps states have taken to implement selected provisions of the act and challenges they have faced, and the ext.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781633218048
163321804X

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