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McDonald, Tom; Press, Alan; Billings, Peggy; Moore, Terry – Child Welfare, 2007
Under federal outcome standards established by the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997, discharges to adoption are expected to occur within 24 months of the most recent removal from home for at least 32% of cases. In the research recounted here, adoption is treated as a process composed of two discrete steps: adoptive placement, and adoption…
Descriptors: Adoption, Placement, Time, Predictor Variables
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Berrick, Jill Duerr; Choi, Young; D'Andrade, Amy; Frame, Laura – Child Welfare, 2008
The Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) of 1997 includes provisions to deny reunification services under specified conditions and gives states latitude to develop any number of additional "aggravated circumstances" in which parents need not be offered services. California legislators have developed a relatively large number of…
Descriptors: Case Records, Courts, Focus Groups, Child Welfare