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
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • FOSTERING CONNECTIONS ACT: ELEMENTS AND EFFORTS FOR IMPROVED FOSTER CARE OUTCOMES
  • FOSTERING CONNECTIONS ACT: ELEMENTS AND EFFORTS FOR IMPROVED FOSTER CARE OUTCOMES
  • Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • Chapter 1: CHILD WELFARE: THE FOSTERING CONNECTIONS TO SUCCESS AND INCREASING ADOPTIONS ACT OF 2008
  • SUMMARY
  • OVERVIEW OF THE BILL
  • CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ESTIMATES
  • ORIGINS OF THE ENACTED BILL AND VIEWS
  • SECTION-BY-SECTION DESCRIPTION OF THE BILL
  • TITLE I: CONNECTING AND SUPPORTING RELATIVE CAREGIVERS
  • TITLE II. IMPROVING OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARETITLE III: TRIBAL FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION ACCESS
  • TITLE IV: IMPROVEMENT OF INCENTIVES FOR ADOPTION
  • TITLE V: CLARIFICATION OF UNIFORM DEFINITION OF CHILD AND OTHER PROVISIONS
  • TITLE VI: EFFECTIVE DATE
  • Chapter 2: FOSTER CARE: HHS NEEDS TO IMPROVE OVERSIGHT OF FOSTERING CONNECTIONS ACT IMPLEMENTATION
  • WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY
  • WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS
  • WHAT GAO FOUND
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • BACKGROUND
  • STATES REPORTED IMPLEMENTING SUGGESTED PRACTICES BUT CONTINUE TO FACE CHALLENGES WITH CERTAIN REQUIREMENTSSTATES REPORTED RECEIVING USEFUL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FROM HHS, BUT HHSHAS NOT YET SYSTEMATICALLY MONITORED STATE IMPLEMENTATION
  • CONCLUSION
  • RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION
  • AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION
  • APPENDIX I. FINDINGS ON FAMILY CONNECTIONS PROVISIONS
  • APPENDIX II. FINDINGS ON SCHOOL STABILITY PROVISIONS
  • APPENDIX III. FINDINGS ON OLDER YOUTH PROVISIONS
  • APPENDIX IV. SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY
  • INDEX

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