Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act

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The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act is a U.S. federal law that strengthens child welfare programs by promoting permanent family placements, supporting kinship care, and improving outcomes for children in foster care.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law
child welfare legislation
allows states to extend Title IV-E adoption assistance to age 21 under certain conditions
states to extend Title IV-E foster care to age 21 under certain conditions
states to extend Title IV-E kinship guardianship assistance to age 21 under certain conditions
alsoKnownAs Fostering Connections Act NERFINISHED
Public Law 110-351 NERFINISHED
amends Title IV-B of the Social Security Act NERFINISHED
Title IV-E of the Social Security Act NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dateSigned October 7, 2008
enactedBy 110th United States Congress NERFINISHED
establishes federal support for kinship guardianship assistance programs
focusesOn improving case planning for older youth
improving educational stability for foster children
improving health care coordination for foster children
improving permanency outcomes for children in foster care
supporting relative caregivers
implementedBy state child welfare agencies
jurisdiction United States government
surface form: United States federal government
legalArea family law
social welfare law
partOf United States child welfare reform efforts in the 2000s
predecessor Adoption and Safe Families Act NERFINISHED
presidentAtSigning George W. Bush NERFINISHED
provides federal funding incentives for adoption of children from foster care
publicLawNumber P.L. 110-351 NERFINISHED
purpose to extend support for older youth in foster care
to improve educational outcomes for children in foster care
to improve health outcomes for children in foster care
to increase adoptions from foster care
to promote permanent family placements for children in foster care
to support kinship care arrangements
requires coordination between child welfare agencies and education agencies
states to ensure educational stability for children in foster care
states to identify and notify adult relatives of children entering foster care
states to make reasonable efforts to place siblings together in foster care
transition planning for older youth leaving foster care
signedBy George W. Bush
subjectMatter adoption
child welfare
foster care
kinship care
permanency planning
targetPopulation children in foster care
relative caregivers
youth aging out of foster care
yearEnacted 2008

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Child Welfare Services legalBasis Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act