Section 1. (A) The Department of Job and Family Services | 5 |
shall conduct a feasibility study of current trends in the | 6 |
placement of children by public children services agencies into | 7 |
relative caregiver homes. The study shall focus on a continuum of | 8 |
options, including informal relative placements, judicial transfer | 9 |
of legal custody or guardianship to a relative caregiver and the | 10 |
Kinship Permanency Incentive Program, use of approved relative | 11 |
caregivers, relatives becoming certified foster caregivers, and | 12 |
relatives as adoptive parents. The study shall include agency and | 13 |
court practices; child outcomes addressing safety, stability and | 14 |
permanency; and state and local cost implications of adding a | 15 |
subsidized relative guardianship program in accordance with 42 | 16 |
U.S.C. 671(a)(28). | 17 |