Adoption Assistance Program
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The Adoption Assistance Program is a U.S. federal initiative that provides financial and medical support to help families adopt children with special needs from foster care.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Adoption Assistance Program canonical | 1 |
| Adoption Assistance Program in California | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. federal program
ⓘ
adoption subsidy program ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Administration for Children and Families
ⓘ
Administration on Children, Youth and Families ⓘ
surface form:
Children’s Bureau
United States Department of Health and Human Services ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
|
| agreementParties |
adoptive parents
ⓘ
state or tribal child welfare agency ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
foster care system
ⓘ
public child welfare system ⓘ |
| beneficiary | adoptive parents of eligible children ⓘ |
| benefitDuration |
may extend to age 21 under certain conditions
ⓘ
typically until the child turns 18 ⓘ |
| benefitType |
cash assistance
ⓘ
in-kind medical assistance ⓘ means-tested social assistance ⓘ |
| coordinatedWith |
Medicaid
ⓘ
surface form:
Medicaid program
state adoption programs ⓘ |
| costSharedWith |
U.S. states
ⓘ
eligible tribes ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| covers |
one-time nonrecurring adoption costs up to a state-set maximum
ⓘ
ongoing maintenance costs related to the care of the adopted child ⓘ |
| eligibilityCriterion |
child must be determined unable or unlikely to return home
ⓘ
child must have special needs as defined by state or tribal agency ⓘ child must meet applicable Title IV-E requirements for federal reimbursement ⓘ |
| fundingMechanism | federal-state cost sharing ⓘ |
| fundingSource |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
federal government of the United States
|
| implementedThrough |
state child welfare agencies
ⓘ
tribal child welfare agencies ⓘ |
| intendedOutcome |
improved well-being of adopted children with special needs
ⓘ
reduced reliance on long-term foster care placements ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Title IV-E of the Social Security Act
ⓘ
Title XIX of the Social Security Act ⓘ |
| policyGoal |
to decrease the length of time children remain in foster care
ⓘ
to increase the number of adoptions of children with special needs ⓘ to support stability of adoptive placements ⓘ |
| provides |
Medicaid coverage for eligible adopted children
ⓘ
medical assistance for eligible adopted children ⓘ monthly adoption assistance payments ⓘ nonrecurring adoption expense reimbursement ⓘ |
| purpose |
to facilitate adoption of children with special needs from foster care
ⓘ
to promote permanency for children in foster care ⓘ to reduce financial barriers to adoption ⓘ |
| requires | written adoption assistance agreement ⓘ |
| targetPopulation |
children in foster care
ⓘ
children with special needs ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Adoption Assistance Program Description of subject: The Adoption Assistance Program is a U.S. federal initiative that provides financial and medical support to help families adopt children with special needs from foster care.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Adoption Assistance Program in California