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)

Answer

ASFA created adoption incentive payments to states for increasing adoptions of children from public foster care above a baseline number.

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

Answer

Post-adoption support services provide ongoing counseling, respite, and resources to help prevent adoption disruption and support long-term family stability.

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

Disruption occurs before finalization; dissolution occurs after finalization

Answer

Adoption disruption refers to a placement ending before legal finalization, while dissolution refers to a legal termination of an already-finalized adoption.

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

Answer

MEPA prohibits agencies from using race, color, or national origin as the sole basis for denying or delaying foster care or adoptive placements.

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

Answer

Permanency planning must be guided by the child's best interest, aiming for safety, permanency, and well-being while using the least restrictive appropriate setting.

CWEL - Child Welfare Licence Practice Test

CWEL - Child Welfare Licence Practice Test

CWEL Permanency Planning and Adoption 2