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Library ID

  • 021325

Other Information

  • Published 2005.
  • 399 pages.

The Impact of the Adoption and Safe Families Act on Children of Incarcerated Parents: Critical Issues

Publication year: 2005 | Cataloged on: Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: The impact on children of inmates of the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 (ASFA) proceedings for initiating termination of parental rights (TPR) is examined. Sections of this report include: introduction (executive summary); analysis of state TPR statutes relating to parental incarceration; survey of national cases from 1992 through 2002; statewide survey -- judges, attorneys, and chld welfare agency representatives; case file review; limitations; next steps; summary of statutes; reported cases; survey questionnaires; Case File Review Form; examples of programming for children with incarcerated parents; and Principles and Elements of Good Child Welfare Practice.
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