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Adoption Assistance for Children Adopted from Foster Care: A Factsheet for Families

2007, Fact Sheet, 5 pages, Federal Publication, English
Web link: http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/f_subsid.cfm

Description:

In every State there are children with special needs waiting in foster care for adoptive families. The most recent data estimate that 126,000 children are available to be adopted from foster care. In the past, the costs of care and services were major obstacles to parents who would otherwise adopt and love these children, and most were not placed for adoption. The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 provided the first Federal subsidies to encourage the adoption of children from the nation's foster care system.

Availability information:

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Source:

Child Welfare Information Gateway, ACYF, ACF, HHS
Children's Bureau/ACYF, 1250 Maryland Avenue, SW, Eighth Floor
Washington DC 20024

Phone number(s):

(703) 385-7565
(800) 394-3366

Related topics:

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• ADOPTION
• FOSTER CARE

NWHIC record number P-10466