Better Foster Care and Adoption: Using Data to Find Stable Homes.
This law requires states to fundamentally change how they recruit and support foster and adoptive families. States must create detailed plans, developed with input from current and former foster families and youth, focusing on using data to match children with stable homes, especially relatives. The goal is to reduce instability and ensure more children, particularly teens and sibling groups, find permanent placements.
Key points
States must create "Family Partnership Plans" detailing how they will identify, recruit, screen, and support foster and adoptive families, including prioritizing relatives.
The system must use data and feedback from foster parents and youth to identify and fix problems causing placement failures or preventing families from fostering.
States must annually report detailed information on the number of available foster homes, how many are unused, and why, ensuring greater transparency and accountability in child welfare.
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