Enhanced Financial and Mental Health Support for Adoptive and Guardian Families.
This law increases funding and expands mandatory support services for families adopting children, both before and after the adoption is finalized. It ensures access to counseling, training, support groups, and respite care, aiming to stabilize families and prevent children from re-entering the foster care system. It also mandates detailed data collection on adoption disruptions and dissolutions to improve future support programs.
Key points
Mandates comprehensive pre- and post-adoption support services, including specialized mental health care, counseling, and training for adoptive parents and children.
Increases federal funding authorization (FY 2024-2028) and reserves $20 million annually for new mental health grant programs for adoptive and legal guardianship families.
Requires states to collect detailed data on adoption disruptions and dissolutions where children re-enter state custody, helping identify effective prevention strategies.
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