Major Provisions
- Requires that States Move to Terminate Parental Rights for Children Who have been in Foster Care for 15 out of the last 22 Months
- Requires that Permanency Hearings be Held Every 12 Months
- Clarifies Cases in Which States are Not Required to Reunite Families (Aggravated Circumstances)
- Expands Family Preservation and Support Services
- Extends Subsidies for Adoptive Children
- Provides Incentives for States to Improve Adoption Rates
- Requires States to Document Efforts to Move Children Toward Adoption
- Expands Health Care Coverage for Adoptive Children
- Provides Funding for Efforts at Encouraging Adoption
- Clarifies that Interstate Boundaries Should Not Delay Adoption
Read more about this topic: Adoption And Safe Families Act
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