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Federal Laws
The Child Abuse and Prevention Treatment Act: Including Adoption Opportunities and the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act as amended by The Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 2003. This booklet presents CAPTA as amended by the Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 2003. The booklet also contains the Adoption Opportunities program and Abandoned Infants Assistance Act, as amended. HTML or PDF (300 KB)
Compilation of Titles IV-B, IV-E and Related Sections of the Social Security Act (Revised 12/03) HTML or PDF(253 KB)
Child Welfare Policy Manual - The manual conveys mandatory policies that have their basis in Federal Law and/or program regulations. It also provides interpretations of Federal Statutes and program regulations initiated by inquiries from State Child Welfare agencies or ACF Regional Offices.
Departmental Appeals Board Summary Reports - The Departmental Appeals Board (DAB) Summary Report is a compilation of State agencies' appeals of financial claim disallowances in the title IV-E foster care and adoption assistance program. The report is divided into two parts: Pending Cases and Dispositions. The first part addresses those cases pending before the DAB and the second part describes how cases previously on the DAB docket were resolved. The report is issued quarterly. A description of the DAB, the appeals process and the full text of DAB decisions can be accessed electronically at: http://www.hhs.gov/dab/.
Policy/Program Issuances - The Children's Bureau issues guidance to the States on the administration of State grant programs, in the following formats: Action Transmittals (AT), Information Memoranda (IM), Policy Guides and Manuals (PGM), Program Instructions (PI), and Program Regulations (PR).
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