House Ways and Means-Child Welfare-Section 11

House Ways and Means-Child Welfare-Section 11
Contents
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Introduction...................................................................................................11-2
Scope of Child Welfare Agency Activities...................................................11-6
Primary Federal Child Welfare Programs ...............................................11-21
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services Program.........11-21
Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program............................11-29
Court Improvement Program......................................................11-38
Title IV-E Program.......................................................................11-41
Foster Care..............................................................................11-43
Kinship Guardianship Assistance ..........................................11-67
Adoption Assistance................................................................11-69
Trends in Title IV-E Program Recipients and Spending.......11-82
Adoption Incentives ......................................................................11-86
John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Progam..................11-95
General Progam......................................................................11-95
Education and Training Vouchers.........................................11-97
Related Competitive Grants and Other Activities..................................11-100
Planning, Federal Oversight, and Performance .....................................11-111
Planning Child and Family Services .........................................11-112
Federal Conformity Reviews and Their History......................11-113
The Child and Family Services Review................................11-114
Title IV-E Eligiblity Reviews ................................................11-130
Interethnic and Interjurisdictional Provisions .........................11-131
Child Welfare Outcomes Report ...............................................11-133
State Collection and Reporting of Child Welfare Data...........................11-135
National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System ......................11-136
Adoption and Foster Care Analysis Reporting System ...........11-137
National Youth in Transition Database ....................................11-140
Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System......11-142
Characteristics of Children and Families Served...................................11-144
Children and Families with Child Welfare Agency Contact ........11-144
Children Identified as Victims of Abuse or Neglect .................11-148
Children Entering Foster Care..................................................11-153
Children in Foster Care .............................................................11-159
Children Leaving Foster Care ...................................................11-171
Children Who Are Adopted.......................................................11-175
State Foster Care and Adoption Tables ..................................................11-179
Legislative History ....................................................................................11-216
References.....................................................................11-222