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Direct linkMuller, Eve – Project Forum, 2009
Based on a survey of states, this document summarizes state-level approaches to using surrogate parents in order to meet the needs of children with disabilities. Most respondents noted that their states had issued policy or formal guidance pertaining to surrogate parents and children with disabilities, and most also described efforts to ensure…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Parents, Adoption, Foster Care
Download full textComptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1984
The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 provides for annual federal incentive payments to states if they improve foster care programs by (1) avoiding unnecessary removal of children from their homes; (2) preventing extended stays in foster care; and (3) reunifying children with their families or placing them for adoption. To be…
Descriptors: Adoption, Eligibility, Federal Legislation, Federal State Relationship
Petr, Christopher, G.; And Others – 1990
This document begins with an annotated outline of Public Law 96-272, the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980, which encourages states to prevent unnecessary removal of children from their homes and to reunify foster children with their families. The document discusses reasons for the law's enactment, the law's provisions, its…
Descriptors: Adoption, Child Welfare, Disabilities, Eligibility
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1995
In response to proposed reforms designed to replace many federal child welfare programs with block grants to states, this report describes a study of recent trends foster care, resources for foster care and child welfare services, and state responses to current foster care and child welfare service needs. The study reviewed research on foster care…
Descriptors: Adoption, Block Grants, Child Abuse, Child Neglect
Cahalan, Margaret; And Others – 1983
Under the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 (P. L. 96-272), Congress outlined a case review system intended to assure that child welfare agencies deal directly with various aspects of child placement. The second of four volumes, this document presents case study descriptions of the hearings within the context of the case review…
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Adoption, Child Welfare, Children
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1988
Hearings were held in California, Illinois, Georgia, and Washington, D.C., to receive testimony concerning the Parental and Medical Leave Act of 1987, a bill intended to promote the economic security of many families by providing job-protected leave for parents upon the birth, adoption, or serious illness of a child, and temporary medical leave…
Descriptors: Adoption, Birth, Cost Estimates, Diseases
Cahalan, Margaret; And Others – 1983
Under the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-272), Congress outlined a case review system to assure that child welfare agencies monitor children under their care, that parental and child rights are protected, that agencies periodically report progress in implementing case plans, and that agencies work toward a permanent…
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Adoption, Child Welfare, Children
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1988
Hearings were held in Massachusetts and Washington, D.C., to receive testimony concerning the Parental and Medical Leave Act of 1987, a bill intended to promote the economic security of many families by providing for job-protected leave for parents upon the birth, adoption, or serious illness of a child, and temporary medical leave when a child's…
Descriptors: Adoption, Birth, Cost Estimates, Diseases
Dodson, Diane – 1984
This report is the third of four volumes presenting results of the Comparative Study of Case Review Systems Phase II--Dispositional Hearings, focusing on implementation of the dispositional hearing requirement of P. L. 96-272, the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980. This volume of the study presents the results of a state statutory…
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Adoption, Child Welfare, Children
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Finance. – 2001
This Congressional report contains the testimony and documents presented for the record of a hearing to gather input regarding the Strengthening Working Families Act of 2001, which was drafted to provide the assistance needed by former welfare recipients and other poor working parents to remain employed and advance in the labor market. The…
Descriptors: Adoption, Block Grants, Child Care, Conflict Resolution
