Increased Support and Funding for Families Affected by the Opioid Crisis.
This law allocates hundreds of millions of dollars to state and local agencies assisting children and their caregivers (often relatives) impacted by the opioid crisis. The funding aims to provide training, recruit foster and adoptive parents, and ensure access to health services for families where biological parents cannot provide care due to addiction. This provides greater stability and security for vulnerable children.
Key points
New federal funding ($255 million annually from 2028 to 2033) dedicated to helping children and kinship care families affected by the opioid crisis.
Support includes training for caregivers, recruitment of foster and adoptive parents, and access to health and addiction treatment services.
The law formally defines and directs aid toward 'kinship caregivers' (grandparents, aunts, uncles) who are raising children informally or formally.
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