Request for Public Comment Concerning the Impact of the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 on Adjudicated Juvenile Delinquents Whose Foster Care Placements are Funded Through Title IV-E of the Social Security Act

Zusammenfassung

The Children's Bureau, in the Administration on Children, Youth and Families, administers the title IV-E foster care maintenance program which provides funds to States to assist them in meeting the needs of certain children who are removed from their homes and placed in foster care. Federal financial participation (FFP) is available for a portion of the costs States incur in their placement and care responsibilities for title IV-E eligible children. The Children's Bureau plans to issue guidance clarifying policy and regulations for the foster care maintenance program with respect to children who have been adjudicated delinquent. We think it is critical that we receive input from a wide variety of sources and perspectives prior to issuing any guidance. On July 28, 1998, Federal staff attended the National Juvenile Justice Roundtable on the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 (ASFA) in Arlington, Texas to begin the consultation process for identifying and clarifying the issues related to applying the ASFA to children who are adjudicated delinquent. This notice invites public comment on issues and concerns which have been identified in the course of examining the ASFA and its impli