The purpose of this program is to enable States to develop and establish, or expand, and to operate coordinated programs of community-based family support services, family preservation services, family reunification services, and adoption promotion and support services to accomplish the following objectives:
(1) To prevent child maltreatment among families at risk through the provision of supportive family services.
(2) To assure children’s safety within the home and preserve intact families in which children have been maltreated, when the family’s problems can be addressed effectively.
(3) To address the problems of families whose children have been placed in foster care so that reunification may occur in a safe and stable manner in accordance with the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997.
(4) To support adoptive families by providing support services as necessary so that they can make a lifetime commitment to their children.
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The purpose of this program is to enable States to develop and establish, or expand, and to operate coordinated programs of community-based family support services, family preservation services, family reunification services, and adoption promotion and support services to accomplish the following objectives:
(1) To prevent child maltreatment among families at risk through the provision of supportive family services.
(2) To assure children’s safety within the home and preserve intact families in which children have been maltreated, when the family’s problems can be addressed effectively.
(3) To address the problems of families whose children have been placed in foster care so that reunification may occur in a safe and stable manner in accordance with the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997.
(4) To support adoptive families by providing support services as necessary so that they can make a lifetime commitment to their children.
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§ 629. Purpose
The purpose of this program is to enable
States to develop and establish, or expand, and
to operate coordinated programs of community-
based family support services, family preserva-
tion services, family reunification services, and
adoption promotion and support services to ac-
complish the following objectives:
(1) To prevent child maltreatment among
families at risk through the provision of sup-
portive family services.
(2) To assure children’s safety within the
home and preserve intact families in which
children have been maltreated, when the fam-
ily’s problems can be addressed effectively.
(3) To address the problems of families
whose children have been placed in foster care
so that reunification may occur in a safe and
stable manner in accordance with the Adop-
tion and Safe Families Act of 1997.
(4) To support adoptive families by providing
support services as necessary so that they can
make a lifetime commitment to their chil-
dren.
(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title IV, § 430, as added
Pub. L. 103–66, title XIII, § 13711(a)(2), Aug. 10,
1993, 107 Stat. 649; amended Pub. L. 105–89, title
III, § 305(a)(1), (2), (b)(3)(A), Nov. 19, 1997, 111
Stat. 2130, 2131; Pub. L. 107–133, title I, § 101, Jan.
17, 2002, 115 Stat. 2414; Pub. L. 109–288, § 3(d),
Sept. 28, 2006, 120 Stat. 1235; Pub. L. 115–123, div.
E, title VII, § 50721(b)(1), Feb. 9, 2018, 132 Stat.
245.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997, referred
to in par. (3), is Pub. L. 105–89, Nov. 19, 1997, 111 Stat.
2115. For complete classification of this Act to the
Code, see Short Title of 1997 Amendment note set out
under section 1305 of this title and Tables.
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 430 of act Aug. 14, 1935, was classi