FAMILY SERVICES, DIVISION OF

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FAMILY SERVICES, DIVISION OF
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: Requires the Division of Child Support Enforcement to maintain a toll free information line.

: Requires the Division of Family Services to make child abuse records available to two additional groups and waives their sovereign immunity in certain cases.

: The Division of Family Services may request an extension of foster care beyond a child's eighteenth birthday for good cause.

: Enacts the Children's Product Safety Act.

: Revises various child protection laws.

: Requires the Division of Family Services to withhold public assistance payments from persons with outstanding arrest warrants.

: Adds the Jefferson County child assessment centers to the list of centers eligible for funding through the Department of Social Services.

: Requires the Division of Family Services to post a sign in every division office alerting the public to the expiration date of the Children's Health Insurance Program.

: Allows adult siblings to register with the Division of Family Services' adoption registry and allows biological parents to consent to disclosure of identifying information at the time of registry.

: Provides for a proportional reduction in state-funded child care assistance for persons whose income or assets exceed the prescribed limits.

: Amends various statutes regarding the release and destruction of child abuse information obtained by the Division of Family Services.

: Revises foster care reimbursement rate and child abuse reporting, authorizes counties to establish children's services councils, and establishes Court-appointed Special Advocates Fund.

: Modifies the restrictions for placing a child for adoption.

: Revises foster care reimbursement rate and child abuse reporting, authorizes counties to establish children's services councils, and establishes Court-appointed Special Advocates Fund.

: Provides scholarships to certain former foster children who are adopted or have a legal guardian appointed after age thirteen.

: Enacts the "Parenting Alternatives Law" and provides for the transfer of temporary custody to the prospective adoptive parents within forty-eight hours of the birth of the child.

: Waives the Division of Family Services' sovereign immunity for cases of child abuse under their supervision which result in death or serious injury.

: Permits each county or city not within a county to establish a child care resources and referral agency.

: Establishes an incremental increase in the reimbursement rate for facilities that provide residential treatment services to children in the custody of DFS.

: Prohibits the granting of a liquor license for liquor sales within one hundred feet of a daycare center.

: Revises various child protection laws.

: Creates the Community Partnership Program Pilot Project to address poverty issues and promote local volunteerism.

: Allows suspension of TANF to families of children who do not attend school.

: Revises various child protection laws.

: Establishes the Missouri Works Program to help welfare recipients prepare for permanent employment.

: Raises the amount of resources exempted from consideration when determining Medicaid eligibility.

: Raises the amount of resources exempted from consideration when determining Medicaid eligibility.

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