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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.
[2] [3] The Child Welfare Information Gateway covers child-welfare topics, including family-centered practice, child abuse and neglect, abuse and neglect prevention, child protection, family preservation and support, foster care, achieving and maintaining permanency, adoption, management of child welfare agencies and related topics such as ...
The systemic factors measured by the CFSRs include the effectiveness of the State's systems for child welfare information, case review, and quality assurance; training of child welfare staff, parents, and other stakeholders; the services that support children and families; the agency's responsiveness to the community; and foster and adoptive ...
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 ...
This category contains articles and subcategories related to the topic of Child welfare in general. These pertain to both issues of concern related to child welfare ...
In South Dakota, the state contracts with five tribes to disburse federal dollars for child welfare services. The dollars, known as Title IV-E funds, help cover staffing and operating costs at the ...
The said bureau shall investigate and report to [the Department of Commerce and Labor] upon all matters pertaining to the welfare of children and child life among all classes of our people, and shall especially investigate the questions of infant mortality, the birth-rate, orphanage, juvenile courts, desertion, dangerous occupations, accidents ...
It is headed by the assistant secretary of health and human services for children and families. [1] It has a $49 billion budget for 60 programs that target children, youth and families. [2] These programs include assistance with welfare, child support enforcement, adoption assistance, foster care, child care, and child abuse. The agency employs ...