Child Welfare [electronic resource] : The Adoption Incentive Program and Its Reauthorization.

Describes legislative proposals in the 113th Congress to reauthorize and extend the adoption incentives program, which provides cash payments to States that are successful in increasing the number of children adopted from the public child welfare system. Reviews measures to improve adoption incentiv...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Corporate Author: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [S.l] : [s.n.], 2013.
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Summary:Describes legislative proposals in the 113th Congress to reauthorize and extend the adoption incentives program, which provides cash payments to States that are successful in increasing the number of children adopted from the public child welfare system. Reviews measures to improve adoption incentives and extend family connection grants, and outlines earlier reauthorization activities in the 113th Congress. Provides background on longstanding Congressional interest in domestic adoption and public child welfare agency involvement in adoptions, and discusses adoption incentive payments. Includes tables.
Item Description:Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Aug. 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (48 p.), digital, PDF file.