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CJHS 315 - 2303A - 02
Unit
5
Individual
Project
ASFA ;
Adoptions and Safe Families Act
of 1997
Jeana
Cree
Student
ID
25334057
COLORADO
TECHNICAL
UNIVERSITY
Jordan
Lynch
July 16, 2023
ASFS ; Adoptions and Safe Families Act of 1997
The
adoptions
and
safe
families
act
is
a
movement
that
was
signed
into
law
by
President
Bill
Clinton
in
1997.
(Public
Law
105-89)
The
concept
of
this
movement
was
to
shorten
the
time
a
child
spends
in
foster
care
waiting
for
permanent
placement. This
law
would
protect
children
from
getting
lost
in
the
system
for
years,
and
sometimes
most
of
their
lives.
Now
the
law
states
that
after
a
specific
amount
of
time
in
foster
care
the
state
must
step
in
and
locate
that
child
permanent
placement.
Effectively
creating
an
exit
strategy
for
these
children
to
get
out
of
the
foster
care
system.
Some
of
the
programs
that
the
ASFA
provides
funding
for
include
"The
John
H.
Chafee
Foster
Care
Independence
Program".
This
program
provides
assistance
for
young
adults
with
whom
have
recently
or
are
currently
"aging
out"
of
the
foster
care
program.
Aging
out
is
essentially
when
a
child
within
foster
care
reaches
the
age
of
18,
turning
into
an
adult.
After
reaching
the
age
of
18
the
child
is
then
technically
a
legal
adult
and
no
longer
a
ward
of
the
state.
Another
example
of
a
program
that
is
funded
by
the
ASFA
is
"The
Family
Preservation
and
Support
Services"
recently
re-named
"The
Promoting
Safe
and
Stable
Families
Program".
This
program
is
self
explanatory
in
that
it
works
to
assist
families
to
stay
together,
and
have
the
essentials
they
need
to
sustain
a
happy
and
healthy
life.
Also
a
program
funded
by
the
ASFA
is
The
National
Abandoned
Infants
Assistance
Resource
Center.
This
program
works
to
assist
and
improve
the
quality
of
services
provided
to
children
and
infants
with
whom
are
affected
by
HIV
and
drugs.
Furthermore,
the
program
provides
assistance
and
resources
to
these
children
and
their
families.
There
are
several
programs
for
which
ASFA
supports
or
is
providing
funding
for.
The
last
program
I
have
chosen
to
highlight
for
this
assignment
is
"The
National
Association
of
Foster
Care
Reviewers.
This
program
works
to
assist
child
welfare
systems
in
the
designing
and
implementing
of
services
to
help
the
families
involved
with
foster
care.
The
program
also
provides
effective
reviewing
programs.
Some
of
the
changes
the
ASFA
has
made
concerning
foster
care
and
adoption
include
the
movement
to
protect
parental
rights
for
those
whose
children
have
been
in
the
foster
care
system
for
at
the
least
15
of
the
past
22
months.
Terminating
the
parental
rights
of
these
childrens
biological
parents
makes
these
children
eligible
for
adoption.
This
allows
for
permanent
placement.
Another
significant
change
made
by
the
signing
of
the
ASFA
into
law
was
the
requirements
given
to
foster
care
applicants.
Now
foster
care
applicants
must
give
their
fingerprints
to
authorities,
and
also
are
subject to
their
criminal
backgrounds
being
checked.
Also
changed
by
the
ASFA
is
the
process
for
which
each
case
is
handled
in
court.
Previously
one
case
might
be
heard
by
multiple
judges.
Now
the
new
law
states
that
one
case
must
maintain
one
judge.
More
than
one
judge
took
away
from
the
clarity
and
effective
judgment
which
could
be
had,
now
that
clarity
and
effectiveness
was
entirely
possible.
Another
of
the
changes
is
the
incentive
program,
giving
incentive
to
find
these
children
permanent
placement.
States
will
receive
$4000
of
federal
funds
for
every
child
that
is
found
permanent
placement.
For
every
special
needs
child
that
is
placed
in
a
permanent
home
that
state
recieves
$6000.
Also
changed
was
the
stipulations
put
upon
foster
parents.
Now
an
individual
with
whom
has
been
convicted
of
a
violent
crime
cannot
foster
children.
Anyone
who
has
been
convicted
of
a
violent
crime
against
children
cannot
foster
children,
or
had
their
parental
rights
terminated
previously,
or
had
their
children
removed
from
their
home
or
care,
cannot
foster
children.
Additionally,
anyone
who
has
committed
murder,
felony
assault,
will not
be
able
to
foster
children
either.
One
of
the
provisions
that
ASFA
has
for
fostering
children
with
special
needs
is
that
the
applicant
must
have
valid
health
insurance
that
will
cover
children
with
special
needs.
