By Staff Report / newsroom@newsminer.com Fairbanks Daily News-Miner | Posted: Monday, September 24, 2012 12:03 am
FAIRBANKS — The Alaska Foster Family Protection Act went into effect earlier this month, providing new legal and practice provisions for youths in the custody of the Office of Children’s Services, according to a notice from the agency. The act, sponsored by Anchorage legislators Sen. Bettye Davis and Rep. Les Gara, was supported by Facing Foster Care in Alaska, an advocacy group made up of foster care youth and foster care alumni. The act contains several provisions, among them providing the option for youths to extend custody until their 21st birthday and a requirement that reasonable efforts must be made to place siblings together. Gov. Sean Parnell signed the legislation, Senate Bill 82, into law in June. The act went into effect Sept. 9.*The posts made in this blog are of our opinion only* Without Prejudice UCC 1-207
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