Fostering connections act : elements and efforts for improved foster care outcomes /

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Imprint:New York : Nova Science Publishers Incorporated, 2014.
Description:1 online resource.
Language:English
Series:Social issues, justice, and status
Social issues, justice and status series.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11235523
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Other authors / contributors:Slater, Graham, author.
ISBN:9781633218048
163321804X
1633217671
9781633217676
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
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.
Other form:Print version: Fostering connections act New York : Nova Science Publishers Inc., 2014. 1633217671

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505 0 |a ""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"" 
505 8 |a ""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"" 
505 8 |a ""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"" 
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