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HDFS 453 Exam 1 Terms

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adoptee
person who joins a family via adoption
adoption agency
an organization that is licensed and does all the necessary legal, administrative and social work to ensure that adoptions are handled properly
adoption assistance programs (aap
federally funded state administered subsidy program for special needs children
adoption and foster care analysis and reporting system (afcars
is a system for collecting data on children in foster care and children who have been adopted
adoption and safe families act, the adoption and safe families act of 1997 (asfa
is a federal law which was established to promote the safety, permanence, and adoption of children in foster care
adoption service provider (asp
a licensed agency or individual who is state certified to assist birth parents and adoptive parents with the placement of a child in an independent adoption
adoptive parent
a person or persons who becomes the permanent parents with all the social, legal rights and responsibilities incumbent upon any parent
adoption triad
the three major people in an adoption: birth parent, adoptive parent, and adopted child
amended birth certificate
the document issued after a child has been adopted reflecting the adoptive parents as the child's parents
birth parent
the biological parents who gave birth to a child, and subsequently relinquished the child for adoption
closed adoption
no contact between birth parents and adoptive parents
consent
legal process through which a birth parent voluntarily agrees to make an adoption plan for their child with a specific family
dear birthmother letter
a letter or set of documents that describe why someone will make a great parent(s)
decree of adoption
a legal order that finalizes adoption
domestic adoption
an adoption when the adoptive family and the child adopted reside within the same country
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