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HRD-84-2 1 (1984-08-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabetf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: RESTIc.r ) - Ao -~ - --- - jc*,he 4 ie fnnernl .j i REPORT BY THE Comptroller General OF THE UNIED STATES Better Federal Program Administration Can Contribute To Improving State Foster Care Programs The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 provides for annual federal incentive payments to states if they improve foster care programs to(1 ) avoid unnecessary removal of children from their homes, (2) prevent extended stays in foster care, and (3) reunify children with their families or place them for adoption During the first year of implementation, much confusion existed among the states, and some states received incentive funds without com- plying with all of the act's requirements Of the 33 states and Puerto Rico which certified as being in compliance with the program in fiscal year 1981. the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) later found 4 ineligible Additionally, five other states voluntarily withdrew from the program anticipating they would be found ineligible Confusion occurred in part because HHS did not provide states timely guidance or require implementation of all of the act's requirements HHS interprets the act to provide it discretion for allowing states to participate without having implemented all of the act's requirements GAO concludes this is inconsistent with the legislation's intent and that, consequently, states have not been held to requirements as rigorous as those of the act The Secretary should revise the program regulations to provide additional guidance and undertake new compliance reviews GAO/HRD-84-2 AUGUST 10, 1984 m e w1,

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