The Administration for Children and Families in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is asking for more time to complete a survey aimed at sussing out information about the factors that affect family stability at least eight years after families adopt kids out of the child welfare system.
The fact-finding part of the project currently must end Sept. 30, but the agency is seeking an extension because work on the project was hampered by health restrictions surrounding the coronavirus pandemic, according to a notice in the Federal Register.
The child well-being survey, conducted by phone and on the web, has two goals: to estimate how often families experience an instability crisis such as an adoptee running away or reentering the foster care system and to understand family factors associated with stability and instability.
The White House’s Office of Management and Budget has less than 60 days to act on the request.