Week 11

Question 1

Public intervention in relation to children and families mandated by policy

Answer 1

child welfare policy

Question 2

The constellation of public services designed to protect and promote the well-being of children

Answer 2

child welfare system

Question 3

A society with the goal of removing children from urban slums and placing them with rural families (1853)

Answer 3

Children’s Aid Society (CAS)

Question 4

An act passed in 1921 commonly referred to as the Sheppard-Towner Act that provided health care and assistance for pregnant women, mothers, and their children

Answer 4

The Maternity and Infancy Act

Question 5

An act included in The Social Security Act that formed the core of today’s child welfare assistance and preventative social service programs

Answer 5

Maternal and Child Health Act

Question 6

social opportunities were expanded for low-income children through this program and act

Answer 6

Head Start & the Elementary and Secondary Education Act

Question 7

This legislation provides for federal assistance to states to enable the development of prevention and treatment programs for abuse and neglect

Answer 7

Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1974 (CAPTA)

Question 8

Serves as a clearinghouse for current data and information on child abuse and neglect

Answer 8

National Center on Child Abuse

Question 9

Provides funds for a variety of social services. A significant portion is spent on children’s services, including child care, abuse and neglect prevention programs, and programs for the prevention or reduction of unnecessary institutional care

Answer 9

Social Services Block Grants (SSBG)

Question 10

The goal of this legislation was to keep American Indian children in their homes, if possible, and in cases where removal was necessary, to place them in alternative homes that maintained a link to their tribal culture

Answer 10

Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA)

Question 11

The goal of this legislation is to prevent the unnecessary removal of children from their homes and to place a child who must be removed in the most permanent situation possible. Reunification with the family is a high priority. When that fails, adoption is the optimal goal

Answer 11

Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980

Question 12

This legislation prohibited federally funded agencies from denying anyone the opportunity to become an adoptive or foster parent solely on the basis of their race, color, or national origin

Answer 12

Multiethnic Placement Act of 1994

Question 13

This legislation allows workers to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave to care for a newborn or newly adopted child or to care for a sick dependent without losing their jobs

Answer 13

Family and Medical Leave Act

Question 14

The purpose of this act is to mandate better teaching outcomes for public schools

Answer 14

No Child Left Behind Act

Question 15

Created as part of the AFDC program, it was established in 1975 as Title IVD of the Social Security Act to enforce the payment of court-mandated child support by noncustodial parents

Answer 15

Child Support Enforcement program

Question 16

Stressed the concept that foster care was a temporary service, and that children should either be returned to their family or placed for permanent adoption in the shortest time possible

Answer 16

permanency planning

Question 17

An act that amended Title IVE of the Social Security Act (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) to emphasize the health and safety of the child when making efforts to preserve and reunify families

Answer 17

Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA)