Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act

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United States federal law child welfare legislation

The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act is a U.S. federal law that strengthens child welfare programs by promoting permanent family placements, supporting kinship care, and improving outcomes for children in foster care.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Fostering Connections Act	1
Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act canonical	1
Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7338886 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act
Context triple: [Child Welfare Services, legalBasis, Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act]

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C. Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007
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NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act
Target entity description: The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act is a U.S. federal law that strengthens child welfare programs by promoting permanent family placements, supporting kinship care, and improving outcomes for children in foster care.

A. Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act
The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) is a U.S. federal transportation funding and authorization law that restructured and streamlined surface transportation programs, including data and performance management requirements.
B. Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act
The Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act was a U.S. legislative proposal aimed at overhauling federal student loan programs by expanding direct lending, increasing funding for Pell Grants, and redirecting savings toward education and deficit reduction.
C. Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007
The Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007 is a U.S. federal law that reauthorized and strengthened the Head Start program, emphasizing school readiness, accountability, and quality improvements in early childhood education services for low-income children and families.
D. PACT Act
The PACT Act is a U.S. law that expands healthcare and benefits for veterans exposed to burn pits and other toxic substances during their military service.
E. Donahoe Higher Education Act
The Donahoe Higher Education Act is a landmark California law that restructured the state's public higher education system and established the modern governance framework for institutions including the California State University.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal law ⓘ child welfare legislation ⓘ
allows	states to extend Title IV-E adoption assistance to age 21 under certain conditions ⓘ states to extend Title IV-E foster care to age 21 under certain conditions ⓘ states to extend Title IV-E kinship guardianship assistance to age 21 under certain conditions ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Fostering Connections Act ⓘ linked to: Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act Public Law 110-351 ⓘ
amends	Title IV-B of the Social Security Act ⓘ linked to: Social Security Act Title IV-B Title IV-E of the Social Security Act ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
dateSigned	October 7, 2008 ⓘ
enactedBy	110th United States Congress ⓘ
establishes	federal support for kinship guardianship assistance programs ⓘ
focusesOn	improving case planning for older youth ⓘ improving educational stability for foster children ⓘ improving health care coordination for foster children ⓘ improving permanency outcomes for children in foster care ⓘ supporting relative caregivers ⓘ
implementedBy	state child welfare agencies ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States federal government ⓘ linked to: United States government
legalArea	family law ⓘ social welfare law ⓘ
partOf	United States child welfare reform efforts in the 2000s ⓘ
predecessor	Adoption and Safe Families Act ⓘ
presidentAtSigning	George W. Bush ⓘ
provides	federal funding incentives for adoption of children from foster care ⓘ
publicLawNumber	P.L. 110-351 ⓘ
purpose	to extend support for older youth in foster care ⓘ to improve educational outcomes for children in foster care ⓘ to improve health outcomes for children in foster care ⓘ to increase adoptions from foster care ⓘ to promote permanent family placements for children in foster care ⓘ to support kinship care arrangements ⓘ
requires	coordination between child welfare agencies and education agencies ⓘ states to ensure educational stability for children in foster care ⓘ states to identify and notify adult relatives of children entering foster care ⓘ states to make reasonable efforts to place siblings together in foster care ⓘ transition planning for older youth leaving foster care ⓘ
signedBy	George W. Bush ⓘ
subjectMatter	adoption ⓘ child welfare ⓘ foster care ⓘ kinship care ⓘ permanency planning ⓘ
targetPopulation	children in foster care ⓘ relative caregivers ⓘ youth aging out of foster care ⓘ
yearEnacted	2008 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Child Welfare Services → legalBasis → Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act ⓘ

Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act → alsoKnownAs → Fostering Connections Act ⓘ

linked to: Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act

Title IV-E of the Social Security Act → amendedBy → Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 ⓘ