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Record Nr.

UNINA9910151735603321

Titolo

Foster care, adoption and kinship guardian assistance : Title IV-E programs / / Amy Smith and Thomas W. Jackson, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Novinka, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-62618-257-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (142 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Social issues, justice and status

Children's issues, laws and programs

Disciplina

362.73

Soggetti

Federal aid to child welfare - United States

Child welfare - Government policy - United States

Foster home care - Government policy - United States

Adoption - Government policy - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Contains edited, reformatted and augmented versions of Congressional Research Service Publications, CRS Report for Congress, numbers R42792 and R42794, dated October 26, 2012--Pages1 and 95.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Child Welfare: A Detailed Overview of Program Eligibility and Funding for Foster Care, Adoption Assistance and Kinship Guardianship Assistance under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act / Emilie Stoltzfus, CRS -- Child Welfare: State Plan Requirements under the Title IV-E Foster Care, Adoption Assistance, and Kinship Guardianship Assistance Program / Emilie Stoltzfus, CRS.

Sommario/riassunto

Foster care is a temporary living arrangement for children who cannot remain safely in their own homes. For nearly every child who enters foster care, a first goal of the child welfare agency is to ensure necessary services are identified, and provided, so that the child can quickly and safely return to his or her parents. Most children who leave foster care do so to be reunited with parents or other family members. For some children, however, this is not possible. In those cases, the child welfare agency must work to find a new permanent home for these children and this may be accomplished through adoption or legal guardianship. This book examines Title IV-E of the Social Security Act,



which declares that states, territories, and tribes are entitled to claim partial federal reimbursement for the cost of providing foster care, adoption assistance, and kinship guardianship assistance to children who meet federal eligibility criteria. The Title IV-E program, provides support for monthly payments on behalf of eligible children, as well as funds for related case management activities, training, data collection, and other costs of program administration.