AFCARS - Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System AFDC - Aid to Families with Dependent Children APD - Advance Planning Document ASFA - Adoption and Safe Families Act CAP - Cost allocation plan CAPTA - Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act CFSR - Child and Family Services Review CPS - Child Protective Services FFP - Federal financial participation GAL - Guardian Ad Litem ICWA - Indian Child Welfare Act IEAP - Interethnic Adoption Provisions (Small Business Job Protection Act) MEPA - Multiethnic Placement Act PRWORA - Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act SACWIS - Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System SSI - Supplemental Security Income TPR - Termination of parental rights
Major Child Welfare Legislation
Public Law 93-247 Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act Public Law 96-272 Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act Public Law 103-66 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation of 1993 Public Law 103-432 Social Security Act Amendments of 1994 Public Law 103-382 Multiethnic Placement Act Public Law 104-188 Small Business Job Protection Act Public Law 104-193 The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996 Public Law 104-235 Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act Amendments of 1996 Public Law 105-89 The Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 Public Law 106-169 The Foster Care Independence Act of 1999
THOMAS - Legislative Information on the Internet
Acting under the directive of the leadership of the 104th Congress to make Federal legislative information freely available to the Internet public, a Library of Congress team brought the THOMAS World Wide Web system online in January 1995, at the inception of the 104th Congress. http://thomas.loc.gov/
National Archives and Records Administration - Code of Federal Regulations
The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is a codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the Executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government. The CFR online is a joint project authorized by the publisher, the National Archives and Records Administration's Office of the Federal Register, and the Government Printing Office (GPO) to provide the public with enhanced access to Government information. http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/
