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  2. Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 - Wikipedia

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    The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 (AACWA) was enacted by the US Government on June 17, 1980. Its purpose is to establish a program of adoption assistance; strengthen the program of foster care assistance for needy and dependent children; and improve the child welfare, social services, and aid to families with dependent children programs.

  3. Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act ...

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    Those who participate in the AB12 program are considered non-minor dependents of the county in which they were placed into foster care. Foster youth are allowed to re-enter the program up until age 21 if they opted out earlier. [8] The AB12 program allows for two additional supervised independent living setting placements for non minor dependents.

  4. Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Waivers

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    Home and Community-Based Services waivers (HCBS waivers) or Section 1915(c) waivers, 42 U.S.C. Ch. 7, § 1396n §§ 1915(c), are a type of Medicaid waiver. HCBS waivers expand the types of settings in which people can receive comprehensive long-term care under Medicaid.

  5. Adoption and Safe Families Act - Wikipedia

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    ASFA was enacted in a bipartisan manner to correct problems inherent within the foster care system that deterred adoption and led to foster care drift. Many of these problems had stemmed from an earlier bill, the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980, [1] although they had not been anticipated when that law was passed, as states decided to interpret that law as requiring biological ...

  6. Foster care contractor billed the state for salaries covered ...

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    The nonprofit that manages foster care throughout Central Florida has been accused of double-billing the state for employee salaries after receiving more than $1 million in federal Paycheck ...

  7. Siblings stuck in Florida foster care system over a thousand ...

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  8. Foster care in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 2020, there were 407,493 children in foster care in the United States. [14] 45% were in non-relative foster homes, 34% were in relative foster homes, 6% in institutions, 4% in group homes, 4% on trial home visits (where the child returns home while under state supervision), 4% in pre-adoptive homes, 1% had run away, and 2% in supervised independent living. [14]

  9. New Florida law expands college tuition waivers to cover ...

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    A new law is expected to make college possible for foster children who previously did not qualify for free college. New Florida law expands college tuition waivers to cover another 62,000 foster ...