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Placement of Foster Children
Safe & Timely Interstate Placement of
Foster Children Act of 2006 (PL 109-239)
Safe & Timely Interstate Placement of Foster Children Act of
2006 (PL 109-239) is designed to improve the process by which
foster children are placed across state lines.
The Act provides the following:
1. States shall receive incentive payments to complete home
study requirements within 30 days ($1500 per timely interstate
home study); and,
2. Receiving states shall complete home studies requested by
another state within 60 days of request. If the state cannot
complete the home study due to circumstances beyond its control,
such as the failure by a federal agency to return background
check information or failure to receive required medical records,
the receiving state may request an additional 15 days to complete
the home study. However, the receiving state must document that
it made the necessary records requests at least 45 days prior
to the end of the initial 60 day period.
Full text of item: http://www.ct.gov/ccpa/lib/ccpa/PA_Interstate.htm.
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Housing Assistance for Foster Teens
Public Law No. 106-377. Housing and Urban
Development FY2001 Appropriations Bill
Full text of item: Acrobat/PDF
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Text.
The HUD appropriations bill, signed into law by the President
on October 27, 2000, expands the family unification program,
which allows parents in the child welfare system to receive
Section 8 certificates if housing is the only issue preventing
reunification. The program has been expanded to include “eligible
youths who have attained at least 18 years of age and not more
than 21 years of age and who have left foster care at age 16
or older.”
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Use of Restraints and Seclusion
Public Law No. 106-310.
Children’s Health Act of 2000
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Text.
The Children’s Health Act of 2000, signed into law on October
17, 2000, establishes national standards that restrict the use
of restraints and seclusion in all psychiatric facilities that
receive federal funds and in “non-medical community-based
facilities for children and youth.” In those settings,
the use of restraints and seclusion will now be restricted to
emergency safety situations. The sponsors of this bill
included three Connecticut Congresspersons, Senators Christopher
Dodd (D-CT) and Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) and Representative Rosa
DeLauro (D-CT).
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S. 2272 -- Strengthening Abuse and Neglect
Courts Act of 2000 (SANCA)
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Text.
This legislation, which was signed into law on October 17, 2000,
is a follow-up to the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997
that facilitates moving foster children into safe, permanent
homes. SANCA reforms court procedure to improve the administrative
efficiency and effectiveness of abuse and neglect courts through
the following:
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Grants to courts to create computerized
case tracking system
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Implementation of innovative strategies
to reduce caseloads and eliminate backlogs of children waiting
to be adopted
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Expansion of the Court-Appointed Special
Advocates (CASA) program to offer the necessary support
to children and the courts
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