Sec. 117. Data collection on adoption and foster child guardianship disruption and dissolution
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Section 479 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 679 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of the Strengthening And Finding Families for Children Act the Secretary shall, as part of the data collection system established under this section, promulgate final regulations providing for the collection and analysis of information regarding children who enter into foster care under the supervision of a State as a result of the disruption of a placement for adoption or foster child guardianship or the dissolution of an adoption or foster child guardianship.
The regulations shall require each State with a State plan approved under this part and part B to collect and report as part of such data collection system and, as appropriate, to report supplementary, descriptive, or spending information required separate from such system and, as appropriate, as part of other reports required under this part or part B, the information specified in paragraph (2). The regulations promulgated under paragraph
(1)shall require a State to collect and report the following information: Information on children born in the United States who are adopted or placed in a foster child guardianship and who enter into foster care under the supervision of the State as a result of the disruption of a placement for adoption or foster child guardianship or the dissolution of an adoption or foster child guardianship, including— the number of such children who enter into foster care under the supervision of the State as a result of— the disruption of placement for adoption; the disruption of placement for foster child guardianship; the dissolution of an adoption; or the dissolution of a foster child guardianship; and for each child identified under clause (i)— the length of the adoption or foster child guardianship placement prior to disruption or dissolution; the age of the child at the time of the disruption or dissolution; the reason for the disruption or dissolution, as well as illustrative or supplementary materials that provide elaboration for the reason; and the agencies who handled the placement for adoption or foster child guardianship. Information on children born in a country other than the United States who enter into foster care under the supervision of the State as a result of the disruption of a placement for adoption or the dissolution of an adoption, including— the number of such children who enter into foster care under the supervision of the State as a result of— the disruption of placement for adoption; or the dissolution of an adoption; for each child identified under clause (i)— the child's country of birth and, if different, the country from which the child originally was placed for adoption; the length of the adoption placement prior to disruption or dissolution; the age of the child at the time of the disruption or dissolution; the reason for the disruption or dissolution, as well as illustrative or supplementary materials that provide elaboration for the reason; and the agencies who handled the placement for adoption; and A description of the pre- and post-adoptive support services that the State has determined result in lower rates of disruption and dissolution of adoptions or foster child guardianships. Information on how the State spends funds paid to the State from an allotment for the State under section 433 to promote adoption, and, separately, to provide pre and post-adoptive support services. Such other information as determined appropriate by the Secretary. For purposes of this subsection, the term foster child guardianship has the meaning given that term in section 473A(g)(12). . Section 479A of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 679b ) is amended— in paragraph (5), by striking and after the semicolon; in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: include in the report submitted pursuant to paragraph
(5)for fiscal year 2016 or any succeeding fiscal year, national and State-by-State data on the numbers and rates of disruptions and dissolutions of adoptions, as collected pursuant to section 479(d). .
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Data collection on adoption and foster child guardianship disruption and dissolution
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