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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
Download full textGeneral 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
Children's Bureau (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1967
IN QUESTION AND ANSWER FORM, THE PAMPHLET PRESENTS STATISTICAL DATA ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH PRIMARILY IN THE UNITED STATES. INFORMATION CONCERNS POPULATION, RESIDENCE, MOBILITY, POVERTY, WORKING MOTHERS, MARRIAGES, DIVORCES, BIRTHS, LIFE EXPECTANCY, MORTALITY, ILLNESS, HANDICAPS, HOSPITALIZATION, ADOPTIONS, PHENYLKETONURIA (PKU) LAWS, CHILD ABUSE…
Descriptors: Adoption, Child Welfare, Community Health Services, Day Care
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
