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However, the settlement agreement required Human Services to have provided training incentives for such therapeutic services by Dec. 1, 2021, and for those services to be available to every child ...
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.
Child protective services (CPS) refers to government agencies in the United States that investigate allegations of child abuse or neglect, and if confirmed, intervene by providing services to the family through a safety plan, in-home monitoring, supervision, or if a safety plan is not feasible or in emergencies, removing the child from the custody of their parent or legal guardian.
The Sixties Scoop, also known as The Scoop, [1] was a period in which a series of policies were enacted in Canada that enabled child welfare authorities to take, or "scoop up," Indigenous children from their families and communities for placement in foster homes, from which they would be adopted by white families. [2]
L.A. County supervisors approve $32-million settlement in abuse death of 10-year-old Anthony Avalos in spite of repeated warnings to social workers.
Pueblo County Commissioners have approved a $6 million settlement with the parents of a toddler who died while in foster care. Pueblo County reaches $6 million settlement in child abuse death of ...
ACF's direct predecessor, the Family Support Administration, was created in 1986 by bringing together six existing major programs within HHS. [5] ACF was created in its present form on April 15, 1991, by merging the Office of Human Development Services, the Family Support Administration, and the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Program.
The child, identified as J.G., "will likely have the cognitive function of an infant for the rest of his life," according to a lawsuit filed last year on the child's behalf against the County of ...