This bill directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to collect and analyze data on adoptions from foster care, particularly focusing on cases where children return to foster care after an adoption has already been finalized. Within 18 months of the law's passage, the secretary must submit a comprehensive report to Congress examining adoption disruptions and dissolutions, including information about whether families received post-adoption support services and other relevant factors like the child's age. The report will also document what post-adoption services each state currently offers to families who adopted from foster care, assess whether these services are based on evidence, and identify the funding sources available for these programs. This legislation affects foster care families, adopted children, and state child welfare agencies. The bill does not authorize new spending but rather requires a fact-finding review to identify service gaps and inform future policy decisions about supporting adoptive families.
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