26 Apr 1997 Jahr - Adoption and Safe Families Act (Children's Bureau, 2012)

Beschreibung:

Signed into law on November 19, 1997, the Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) was created to improve the safety of children, promote adoption and other permanent homes for children who need them, and support families. The law required child protection agencies to provide more timely assessment and intervention services to children and families in the child welfare system. While the legislation reaffirmed the importance of making reasonable efforts to preserve and reunify families, it also specified instances where reunification efforts did not have to be made. The law also required the Department of Health and Human Services to establish new outcome measures to monitor and improve State performance.