Seven Plan to Extend Kinship-Guardianship Option

Seven Plan to Extend Kinship-Guardianship Option

[From Child Welfare League of America, Children’s Monitor Online 7/13/09]

The Children’s Bureau indicates that as of the end of last week, six states and the District of Columbia have submitted Title IV-E plan amendments to take the new kinship-guardianship option as provided for through last year’s Fostering Connections Act (P.L. 110-351). The six states that have formally submitted plans to extend Title IV-E funding to kinship guardianship placements are: Maine, Missouri, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee. The District of Columbia has submitted a plan as well. More states are expected to take the option, but as of late last week, have not submitted state plan amendments to the Children’s Bureau. read more

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