PROTECTING CHILDREN AND OTHER VULNERABLE POPULATIONS

PROTECTING CHILDREN AND
OTHER VULNERABLE
POPULATIONS

Adoption Incentives:  To ensure
that as many children as possible
grow up in stable and loving
families, ACF provides bonuses to
States that increase the number of
children adopted from their public
foster care systems.  Bonuses are
also awarded for adoption of
difficult to place children, those
nine and older and those with
special needs.  The number of
qualifying public agency
adoptions continues to increase,
from 50,740 in FY 2007 to 54,372
in FY 2009 (the most recent year
for which complete data are
available).  The Budget includes
$50 million, a 26 percent increase
above FY 2010, to cover
anticipated State bonus payments
due to increased adoptions for
which States can claim incentive
payments.


ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
http://www.hhs.gov/about/FY2012budget/fy2012bib.pdf   (Page 88)

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Fiscal Year 2010 Budget in Brief

Administration for Children and Families: Discretionary Spending

Adoption Incentives: States that successfully increase the number of children adopted from their public foster care systems receive bonus payments from ACF. The Budget requests $40 million for these bonuses, an increase of $3 million over FY 2009, to fully cover anticipated State bonus payment levels. States receive bonus payments for adoptions completed in the previous year. The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 raised bonus payments for adoption of special needs and older children and made other program improvements. After remaining unchanged for several years, data indicates a 5 percent increase (to 54,000) in the number of adoptions between FY 2007 and FY 2008.

 http://dhhs.gov/asfr/ob/docbudget/2010budgetinbriefr.html
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And not to kick a dead horse... but how do you think those kids get INTO foster care?

Yes, I can spell Child Trafficking Racket.