➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ:
US: A National Report Card on Permanency
Chronicle of Social Change – June 10, 2016
The Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) was passed in 1999 to minimize foster care drift and shorten the stay in temporary care. Recognizing that one year is already a very long time in the life of a child, the intent was to set a limit. After 12 months (or 15 of the past 22 months) with no permanent resolution, the law required that a termination of parental rights be filed. Seventeen years and three presidencies have elapsed since ASFA’s passage. So how have we done at meeting the “child time” deadline? Following is a report card of sorts on the changes since ASFA passed.
https://chronicleofsocialchange.org/adoption/national-report-card-permanency/18318