Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978
P.L. 95-266
Overview
H.R. 6693
Enacted April 24, 1978
Purpose: To promote the healthy development of children who would benefit from adoption by facilitating their placement in adoptive homes and to extend and improve the provisions of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
Major Provisions of the Act
- Required following of the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect within the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare:
- Develop a comprehensive plan for facilitating the coordination of activities among agencies
- Establish research priorities for making grants
- Set aside funds to establish centers for the prevention, identification, and treatment of child sexual abuse
- Established the Adoption Opportunities program to achieve the following:
- Facilitate the placement of children with special needs in permanent adoptive homes
- Promote quality standards for adoptive placement and the rights of adopted children
- Provide for a national adoption information exchange system
- Provided for annual summaries of research on child abuse and neglect