Federal child welfare programs : overview and funding / Arthur Kennedy, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kennedy, Arthur, editor.

Series:

Children's issues, laws and programs series.

Children's Issues, Laws and Programs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Federal aid to child welfare--United States.

Federal aid to child welfare.

Child welfare--United States--Finance.

Child welfare.

Child welfare--Government policy--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (197 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2015.

Summary:

Child welfare services are intended to prevent the abuse or neglect of children; ensure that children have safe, permanent homes; and promote the well-being of children and their families. As the U.S. Constitution has been interpreted, states bear the primary responsibility for ensuring the welfare of children and their families. At the state level, the child welfare "system" consists of public child protection and child welfare workers, private child welfare and social service workers, state and local judges, prosecutors, and law enforcement personnel. These representatives of various state and local entities assume interrelated roles while carrying out child welfare activities, including investigating allegations of child abuse and neglect; providing services to families to ensure children's safety in the home; removing children from their homes when that is necessary for their safety; supervising and administering payments for children placed in foster care; ensuring regular case review and permanency planning for children in foster care; helping children leave foster care to permanent families via reunification with parents or, when that is not possible, via adoption or legal guardianship; offering post-permanency services and supports; and helping older children in foster care, and youth who leave care without placement in a permanent family, to transition successfully to adulthood. This book begins with a review of federal appropriations activity in FY2015 as it relates to child welfare programs, including the effect of the automatic spending cuts, known as sequestration. The book provides a short description of each federal child welfare program, including its purpose and recent funding levels. In addition, funds appropriated for the PSSF program support grants to state or tribal highest courts under the Court Improvement Program; grants to regional partnerships to improve the outcomes of children affected by their Child Welfare: Funding for Services Under Title IV-B of the Social Security Act Congressional Research Service 3 parents' substance abuse; grants to states and territories for monthly caseworker visits of children in foster care; and program-related research, evaluation, training, or technical assistance are also discussed in this book.

Contents:

Reservation of PSSF Funds for Related Grants and Activities Family Connection Grants; Child Welfare Research, Training, or Demonstration Projects ; National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW); Funding for NSCAW ; TITLE IV-E OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT ; Foster Care ; Adoption Assistance ; Kinship Guardianship Assistance ; Obligations of Funds by Title IV-E Program Component ; Tribal Title IV-E Plan Development and Technical Assistance ; Chafee Foster Care Independence Program ; Chafee Educational and Training Vouchers ; Final Funding for the CFCIP Program, Including ETVs

Adoption and Legal Guardianship Incentive Payments CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT ACT (CAPTA); CAPTA State Grants ; CAPTA Discretionary Activities ; Community-Based Grants to Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect ; Children's Justice Act Grants ; VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE ACT ; Improving Investigation and Prosecution of Child Abuse Cases ; Court-Appointed Special Advocates ; Child Abuse Training for Judicial Personnel and Practitioners ; OTHER PROGRAMS; Adoption Opportunities ; Abandoned Infants Assistance ; APPENDIX. CHILD WELFARE PROGRAMS BY TYPE OFVFUNDING AUTHORITY AND SEQUESTRATION STATUS

End Notes Chapter 2 CHILD WELFARE: FUNDING FOR CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES AUTHORIZED UNDER TITLE IV-B OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT* ; SUMMARY ; FEDERAL TITLE IV-B PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES ; FEDERAL-STATE FRAMEWORK ; What Is Expected of Public Child Welfare Agencies? ; Children and Families Who May Be Served under Title IV-B ; STEPHANIE TUBBS JONES CHILD WELFARE SERVICES PROGRAM (CWS) ; States Planned Use of CWS Funds; Limitations on the Use of CWS Funds ; Foster Care Maintenance and Adoption Assistance Payments, Child Care ; Program Administration ; CWS State Plan Requirements

Protections and Services for Children in Foster Care Services, Protections, and Reporting for Certain Other Children ; Reporting Child Maltreatment Fatalities; Program Development, Description, and Staff Training Plan ; Court Collaboration and Tribal Consultation ; Agency Administration and Coordination with Other Programs ; CWS Program Funding, Authorization and Distribution ; Distribution of Funds to States ; Nonfederal Share of Spending ; Tribal Receipt of CWS Funding ; PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES PROGRAM ; PSSF Funding Authorization and Appropriations

Reservation of Funds for Additional Program Activities

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63483-742-8