Events
Progressive Era began: 1909 White
House Conference on the Care
of Dependent Children
(Kahan, 2006)The Children’s Bureau
publishes Juvenile-Court Standards
and Foster-Home Care for Dependent Children
(Childrens Buraue, 2012)Jane Addams founds Hull House
(Children's Bureau, 2012)Children’s Bureau initiates
first longitudinal study on
outcomes for children in
private adoptions
(Children's Bureau, 2012)President Nixon proclaims
the first National Action for
Foster Children Week
(Children's Bureau, 2012)Model State Subsidized
Adoption Act
(Children's Bureau, 2012)Indian Child Welfare Act
(Children's Bureau, 2012)First Adoption Opportunities grants awarded
(Children's Bureau, 2012)Congress creates first
Federal Independent
Living program
(Children's Bureau, 2012)First National Foster
Care Month Proclamation
(Children's Bureau, 2012)First National
Adoption Month
(Children's Bureau, 2012)Adoption and Safe Families Act
(Children's Bureau, 2012)Foster Care Independence Act of 1999
(Children's Bureau, 2012)Fostering Connections to
Success and Increasing
Adoptions Act
(Children's Bureau, 2012)1851 Act to Provide for the Adoption
of Children in Massachusetts
(Kahan, 2006)Children's Bureau
was founded
(Children's Bureau, 2012)1917 Children's Code
of Minnesota
(Kahan, 2006)Senator Kefauver of
Tennessee holds oversight
hearings on adoption practices
(Children's Bureau, 2012)Adoption Assistance
and Child Welfare Act
(Children's Bureau, 2012)Multiethnic Placement Act
(Children's Bureau, 2012)Family Preservation and
Support Services
Program Act
(Children's Bureau, 2012)National Youth in
Transition Database
launches
(Children's Bureau, 2012)Permanency Innovations Initiative
(Children's Bureau, 2012)Periods
"Orhpan Train's" Head West
(Childrens Bureau, 2012)
(Kahan, 2006)Nature of Foster Care Changed
Poverty Driven to
Emotional Disturbance
(Children's Bureau, 2012)Decrease in Foster
Care Popilation
(Children's Bureau, 2012)Dramatic Increase
in Adoption
(Kahan, 2006)Inter-Country Adoption
Increases
(Children's Bureau, 2012)
Comments