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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

 
Children's Bureau; Kinship Care Advisory Panel; Notice of Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Children's Bureau.

DATE AND TIME: January 28, 1999, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Name: Kinship Care Advisory Panel.

PLACE: The Inn and Conference Center, University of Maryland, 
University College, University Boulevard, at Adelphi Road, College 
Park, Maryland 20742.

SUMMARY: The Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 (Pub. L. 105-89) 
signed into law on November 19, 1997, includes a section requiring the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services to prepare a report to the 
Congress on children in foster care who are placed in the care of a 
relative. Section 303 of Pub. L. 105-89 requires the Secretary, in 
consultation with the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate to convene 
an advisory panel on kinship care to review an initial report and 
advise the Secretary on the extent to which children in foster care are 
placed in the care of a relative. The report will be based on the 
comments submitted by the advisory panel and will include policy 
recommendations from the Secretary. The Secretary shall present the 
report to the Congress by June 1, 1999.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This meeting is open to the public and is 
barrier free. Meeting records will also be open to the public and will 
be kept at the Switzer Building located at 330 ``C'' Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20447.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Geneva Ware-Rice, Switzer Building, 
330 ``C'' Street, SW., Washington, DC 20447, 202-205-8305.

    Dated: January 5, 1999.
Carol W. Williams,
Associate Commissioner, Children's Bureau.
[FR Doc. 99-657 Filed 1-11-99; 8:45 am]
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