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H.R. 6893 (110th)

Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008

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15 September 2008

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Became Public Law No: 110-351.

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Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 - Amends Part E (Federal Payments for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to give state plans the option of providing for the state to enter into agreements to provide kinship guardianship assistance payments to grandparents and other relatives who have assumed legal guardianship of children for whom they have: (1) cared as foster parents; and (2) committed to care on a permanent basis. Amends SSA title IV part B (Child and Family Services) to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make matching grants to state, local, or tribal child welfare agencies and experienced private nonprofit organizations to help children in, or at risk of entering, foster care to reconnect with family members. Provides or revises requirements for: (1) case-by-case waiver of licensing standards for relatives; (2) adoptive or guardianship placement after attaining age 18; (3) a transition plan for children aging out of foster care; (4) short-term training for child welfare agencies, relative guardians, and court personnel; (5) educational stability of the child while in foster care; (6) ongoing oversight and coordination of health care services for any child in a foster care placement; (7) placement of siblings in the same foster care, kinship guardianship, or adoptive placement; (8) foster care and tribal programs operated by Indian tribal organizations; and (9) adoption of children with special needs. Extends the adoption incentives payment program, and increases incentive payments for special needs adoptions and older child adoptions. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) require the children in adoption to be younger than the claimant and unmarried for purposes of claiming such child as a qualifying child; and (2) restrict qualifying child tax benefits to the child's parent unless certain conditions apply. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to invest U.S. operating cash in repurchase agreements with acceptable parties.

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