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Issue Brief
Foster Care Placements
Goal Statement
- To improve the functionality of the foster care system as a whole, with emphasis on the micro and macro levels of the child welfare system.
- To provide appropriate placement for all children in foster care.
Local/State/National Information
Policy Options / Model Programs specific policies or program models, grouped by type, that are profiled
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H.R. 6893 -The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act(2007)-Providing support to relatives,generally grandparents, aunts and uncles, so they are more able to provide care for children in their own families.
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H.R. 5403-Safe and Timely Interstate Placement of Foster Children Act (2006)-Enacted July 3,2006-To improve protections for children and to hole States accountable for the safe and timely placement of children across State lines.
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S. 1894-Fair Access Foster Care Act of 2005-To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to allow foster care maintenance payments to be paid on behalf of eligible children through a nonprofit or for profit child-placement or child care agency.
Glossary of Terms key words or phrases that the layperson needs to know to understand this issue
- Child Placing Agent -
- Permanency at discharge - return home, permanent placement with relatives (guardianship), or finalized adoption at discharge from placement.
- Subsequent Out of Home Placements - Number of placements the child has had out of their biological families home.
- Per Episode length of stay - per episode length of stay without episodes of care with a discharge setting of runaway for each placement type.
- Prior any placement - any community or residential placement prior to episode of care.
- Reunification - A child reintegrating with their biological family.
Bibliography
- Adoption and Safe Families Act- P.L. 105-89 (1997)
- Albowics, K., (April, 2004). Florida’s Experiment with Privatizing Child Welfare Services. The American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). Retrieved From:http://www.afscme.org/news-publications/publications/privatization/pdf/flchild.pdf
- New York State. (February, 2015) Child Welfare Practice Model. Office of Children and Family Services. Retrieved from: http://ocfs.ny.gov/main/prevention/CW%20Practice%20Model.pdf
- Winokur, M., Crawford, G., Batchedler, K., ( October, 2012). Comparison of Public and Private Foster Care in Colorado. Social Work Research Center: Research for Results. Retrieved from:http://www.ssw.chhs.colostate.edu/research/swrc/files/ARCH%20Comparison%20of%20Public%20and%20Private%20Foster%20Care%20in%20Colorado%20-%20Final%20Report.pdf
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