Fostering connections act : elements and efforts for improved foster care outcomes / Graham Slatyer, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Slatyer, Graham, editor.

Series:

Social issues, justice and status series.

Social Issues, Justice and Status

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child welfare--Government policy--United States.

Child welfare.

Foster children--Government policy--United States.

Foster children.

Adoption--Government policy--United States.

Adoption.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (122 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] : Nova Publishers, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Approximately 400,000 children were living in foster care in fiscal year 2012, according to the most recent data available. The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 is an omnibus child welfare bill designed to ensure greater permanence and improve the well-being of children served by public child welfare agencies. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) oversees states' implementation of federal child welfare requirements. This book examines steps states have taken to implement selected provisions of the act and challenges they have faced, and the ext

Contents:

""FOSTERING CONNECTIONS ACT: ELEMENTS AND EFFORTS FOR IMPROVED FOSTER CARE OUTCOMES""; ""FOSTERING CONNECTIONS ACT: ELEMENTS AND EFFORTS FOR IMPROVED FOSTER CARE OUTCOMES""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: CHILD WELFARE: THE FOSTERING CONNECTIONS TO SUCCESS AND INCREASING ADOPTIONS ACT OF 2008""; ""SUMMARY""; ""OVERVIEW OF THE BILL""; ""CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ESTIMATES""; ""ORIGINS OF THE ENACTED BILL AND VIEWS""; ""SECTION-BY-SECTION DESCRIPTION OF THE BILL""; ""TITLE I: CONNECTING AND SUPPORTING RELATIVE CAREGIVERS""

""TITLE II. IMPROVING OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE""""TITLE III: TRIBAL FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION ACCESS""; ""TITLE IV: IMPROVEMENT OF INCENTIVES FOR ADOPTION""; ""TITLE V: CLARIFICATION OF UNIFORM DEFINITION OF CHILD AND OTHER PROVISIONS""; ""TITLE VI: EFFECTIVE DATE""; ""Chapter 2: FOSTER CARE: HHS NEEDS TO IMPROVE OVERSIGHT OF FOSTERING CONNECTIONS ACT IMPLEMENTATION""; ""WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY""; ""WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS""; ""WHAT GAO FOUND""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""BACKGROUND""

""STATES REPORTED IMPLEMENTING SUGGESTED PRACTICES BUT CONTINUE TO FACE CHALLENGES WITH CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS""""STATES REPORTED RECEIVING USEFUL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FROM HHS, BUT HHSHAS NOT YET SYSTEMATICALLY MONITORED STATE IMPLEMENTATION""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION""; ""AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION""; ""APPENDIX I. FINDINGS ON FAMILY CONNECTIONS PROVISIONS""; ""APPENDIX II. FINDINGS ON SCHOOL STABILITY PROVISIONS""; ""APPENDIX III. FINDINGS ON OLDER YOUTH PROVISIONS""; ""APPENDIX IV. SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 13, 2014).

ISBN:

1-63321-804-X

OCLC:

890391627