Adoption Opportunities Act

Summary

Adoption Opportunities Act - Title I: National Registry of Adoptable Children - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish and maintain a National Registry of Adoptable Children. Requires that the Registry contain statistics on the numbers of adoptable children in the United States. Directs the Secretary to conduct a continuing national survey to develop and keep current such statistics, and to publish the Registry or make it as widely available as possible. Title II: National Data Bank of Adoption Information and Resources - Provides that the Secretary shall establish and maintain a National Data Bank of Adoption Information and Resources to assist individuals desiring to adopt children. States that the Bank will provide prospective parents with current information on pre-adoption, adoption, and post-adoption costs and with information on adoption agencies and their services. Requires the Secretary to conduct a continuing national survey to keep the Bank's information current. Title III: Requirements Applicable to Certain Child Related Programs - Subjects specified Social Security programs or projects to whatever requirements the State, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary, establishes for the purpose of: (1) insuring that public or voluntary child care agencies operating within the State and which are directly or indirectly receiving Federal assistance include adoption services or be associated with an adoption referral service; (2) requiring each such child care agency to conduct annual reviews to determine whether a child can be returned to such child's natural parents; (3) provide periodic evaluations of such agencies including an audit of any Federal funds expended in programs and projects under this Act; (4) providing for the licensing of all foster care homes in which such agencies place children; and (5) promoting and administering State and local programs designed to make children under agency care legally free for adoption by qualified parents. Directs the Secretary to provide for periodic evaluation of State and local programs to insure compliance with this Act.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 2 February 1977

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