The bill began in Congress with bipartisan support, then became contentious over issues of terminating birth parents' rights to children and funding levels for programs to keep children out of foster care. She cited the Act as the achievement which she initiated and shepherded that provided her with the greatest satisfaction. Department of Health and Human Services officials and private foundation executives over policy questions and recommendations. She then held public events to bring the issue exposure, and met with U.S. First Lady of the United States Hillary Clinton originally voiced interest in the issue of orphaned children in an article she wrote in 1995. Ideas for the bill originated with both Democrats and Republicans. It's time we recognize that some families simply cannot and should not be kept together." Chafee of Rhode Island, said, "We will not continue the current system of always putting the needs and rights of the biological parents first. One of ASFA's lead sponsors, Republican Senator John H. adoption and foster care system in some two decades. As such, ASFA was considered the most sweeping change to the U.S. Moreover, ASFA marked a fundamental change to child welfare thinking, shifting the emphasis towards children's health and safety concerns and away from a policy of reuniting children with their birth parents without regard to prior abusiveness. The biggest change to the law was how ASFA amended Title IV-E of the Social Security Act regarding funding. Many of these problems had stemmed from an earlier bill, the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980, although they had not been anticipated when that law was passed, as states decided to interpret that law as requiring biological families be kept together no matter what. Background ĪSFA was enacted in an attempt to correct problems inherent within the foster care system that deterred adoption. The Adoption and Safe Families Act ( ASFA, Public Law 105–89) was signed into law by President Bill Clinton on November 19, 1997, after having been approved by the United States Congress earlier in the month. Signed into law by President Bill Clinton on November 19, 1997.
Passed the Senate on November 8, 1997 ( Unanimous consent).Passed the House on April 30, 1997 ( Yeas: 416 Nays: 5).Committee consideration by Ways and Means.Introduced in the House by Dave Camp ( R- MI) on February 27, 1997.
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