CWEL Permanency Planning and Adoption 2

Question 1

Which federal law provides financial incentives to states to increase the number of children adopted from foster care?

Accepted Answer

Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA)

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Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA)

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Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act

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Foster Care Independence Act

Question 2

What is a Post-Adoption Support Service (PASS) primarily designed to do?

Accepted Answer

Offer counseling, respite care, and resources to stabilize adoptive placements

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Monitor adoptive families for compliance with court orders

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Provide financial assistance to adoptive parents for educational expenses

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Facilitate contact between adopted children and birth families

Question 3

What is the difference between 'adoption disruption' and 'adoption dissolution'?

Accepted Answer

Disruption occurs before finalization; dissolution occurs after finalization

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Dissolution occurs before finalization; disruption occurs after finalization

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Both terms refer to the same process at different courts

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Disruption applies to foster care placements; dissolution applies to legal adoptions

Question 4

Under the Multi-Ethnic Placement Act (MEPA), a child welfare agency is prohibited from doing which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Denying or delaying a placement based solely on the race, color, or national origin of the child or prospective parent

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Placing a child across state lines

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Placing a child with a family of a different religion

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Requiring background checks for prospective adoptive parents

Question 5

A child welfare worker is developing a permanency plan for a 9-year-old child. Which principle should guide the selection of the permanency goal?

Accepted Answer

The goal most likely to achieve safety, permanency, and well-being in the least restrictive setting

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The goal that is most cost-effective for the state

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The goal preferred by the foster parents currently caring for the child

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The goal that minimizes contact with the birth family

Question 6

Which of the following best describes 'guardianship' as a permanency option?

Accepted Answer

A legal relationship giving a caregiver parental rights without terminating birth parent rights

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A temporary arrangement until the child can return home

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A process identical to adoption but with a different name

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A court-ordered placement in a group home

Question 7

The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act extended foster care eligibility to what age?

Accepted Answer

21

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19

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20

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25