An Explanation of the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980
This paper was written to address The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980, which was established “to reduce the number of children in foster care for extended lengths of time through written permanency plans that emphasized family preservation, reunification, or adoption.” (Chapin, 2017, p. 450). The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act provides government support for adoptions to reduce monetary complications of the adoption process. The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 provide families with financial incentives to promote the adoption of children in the foster care system (www.childwefare.gov). The US Department of Health and Human …show more content…
Another key factor of the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act, is to emphasize family preservation and provide reasonable efforts to reunite children with their families (Chapin, 2017, p.450). The importance of preserving the family includes providing supports and safety plans to decrease the risk of harm for children and prevent future abuse and neglect. Before The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare act was enacted, “the philosophies, financial incentives, and professional attitudes of the states foster care systems were to save children and not family’s” (Chapin, 2017, p.450). There were an alarming number of children who were growing up in the foster care systems that did not have any connections with their biological families. These children didn’t have the support and family bonds which is a significant key to healthy development. Although they were taken out of unhealthy conditions, some families could have benefited by being given a chance to learn from their mistakes. This could have possibly resulted in more families being reunited with their children. The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act was started to “prevent out …show more content…
The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act provides monetary incentives for states to highlight permanency planning for each child. Each stated is responsible for administering child welfare services, the auditing of child welfare programs every 3 years, and define how reasonable efforts will be made to prevent the removal of a child from his home or define how to make it possible for any child to return home once a removal is completed. The federal government is responsible for funding this act in every state. Each state social service agency authorizes an official financial plan to provide foster monetary payments to foster families that will aid in the basic needs of children placed in the system. These plans include the cost of food, clothing, shelter, daycare, school supplies, and insurance. The federal funding is provided when child welfare services make a judicial determination that reasonable efforts were made diligently to reunite children in the foster care system to their biological parents. In order for state agencies of social service to qualify for payment, the plan must be approved by the Secretary of health, education, and
This paper was written to address The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980, which was established “to reduce the number of children in foster care for extended lengths of time through written permanency plans that emphasized family preservation, reunification, or adoption.” (Chapin, 2017, p. 450). The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act provides government support for adoptions to reduce monetary complications of the adoption process. The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 provide families with financial incentives to promote the adoption of children in the foster care system (www.childwefare.gov). The US Department of Health and Human …show more content…
Another key factor of the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act, is to emphasize family preservation and provide reasonable efforts to reunite children with their families (Chapin, 2017, p.450). The importance of preserving the family includes providing supports and safety plans to decrease the risk of harm for children and prevent future abuse and neglect. Before The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare act was enacted, “the philosophies, financial incentives, and professional attitudes of the states foster care systems were to save children and not family’s” (Chapin, 2017, p.450). There were an alarming number of children who were growing up in the foster care systems that did not have any connections with their biological families. These children didn’t have the support and family bonds which is a significant key to healthy development. Although they were taken out of unhealthy conditions, some families could have benefited by being given a chance to learn from their mistakes. This could have possibly resulted in more families being reunited with their children. The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act was started to “prevent out …show more content…
The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act provides monetary incentives for states to highlight permanency planning for each child. Each stated is responsible for administering child welfare services, the auditing of child welfare programs every 3 years, and define how reasonable efforts will be made to prevent the removal of a child from his home or define how to make it possible for any child to return home once a removal is completed. The federal government is responsible for funding this act in every state. Each state social service agency authorizes an official financial plan to provide foster monetary payments to foster families that will aid in the basic needs of children placed in the system. These plans include the cost of food, clothing, shelter, daycare, school supplies, and insurance. The federal funding is provided when child welfare services make a judicial determination that reasonable efforts were made diligently to reunite children in the foster care system to their biological parents. In order for state agencies of social service to qualify for payment, the plan must be approved by the Secretary of health, education, and