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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. Michigan Department of Health and Human Services - Wikipedia

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    Adult & Children's Services. Hope For A Home [16] program, which includes both Foster Care and Adoption services to help children find a much needed home. Abuse & Neglect [17] service allows anyone who is dealing with abuse or neglect, or suspects someone is dealing with abuse or neglect, to report it. All it takes is a call to the number 855 ...

  4. Special needs - Wikipedia

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    There is also more care that goes into it when a child of special needs is in the process of getting adopted. Because of the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 P.L. 96-272, the child's needs have to be met within the home before allowing adoption, including being able to financially support the child. [10]

  5. State schools, US (for people with disabilities) - Wikipedia

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    Eugenics proponents also taught classes to teachers on identifying the "feeble-minded." [4] Throughout this era, the most popular belief was that intellectual and developmental disabilities, as well as mental illness, were entirely genetic and resulted in poverty, drunkenness, sexual promiscuity, crime, violence, and other social ills.

  6. How much an adoption costs and 4 ways to pay for it - AOL

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    The most affordable way to adopt a child is through the U.S. foster care system. On average, it costs under $2,800 to adopt a child from foster care. Independent adoption through an attorney costs ...

  7. Baby Doe Law - Wikipedia

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    The Baby Doe Law or Baby Doe Amendment is an amendment to the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1974, passed in 1984, that sets forth specific criteria and guidelines for the treatment of disabled newborns in the United States, regardless of the wishes of the parents.

  8. Wayne County Training School - Wikipedia

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    Wayne County Training School, alternately known as the Wayne County Training School for Feeble Minded Children or the Wayne County Child Development Center, was a state-funded institution for people with developmental disabilities, located in Northville Township, Michigan. Construction of the institution began in 1923, and it opened in 1926.

  9. Michigan man gets minimum 30 years in prison in starvation ...

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    Paul Ferguson, 21, pleaded guilty in December to first-degree child abuse in the death of 15-year-old Timothy Ferguson. He was sentenced Monday to a minimum 30 years and maximum 100 years in prison.