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Table of Contents<br />

5 PREFACE: THE ADOPTION AND SAFE FAMILIES ACT (ASFA)<br />

About this Paper Series<br />

by Susan Notkin, Kristen Weber, Olivia Golden <strong>and</strong> Jennifer Macomber<br />

7 FRAMEWORK PAPER<br />

8 The <strong>Adoption</strong> <strong>and</strong> Safe Families Act (ASFA)<br />

by Olivia Golden <strong>and</strong> Jennifer Macomber<br />

35 PERSPECTIVES ON THE ADOPTION AND SAFE FAMILIES ACT (ASFA)<br />

36 “You Have to Get it Toge<strong>the</strong>r”: ASFA’s Impact on Parents <strong>and</strong> Families<br />

by <strong>the</strong> writers of Rise magazine <strong>and</strong> compiled by Nora McCarthy <strong>and</strong> Lynne Miller<br />

43 “I Want to Hold on to Them”: ASFA’s Impact on Teens<br />

by <strong>the</strong> writers of Represent magazine <strong>and</strong> compiled by Nora McCarthy<br />

52 <strong>Adoption</strong> <strong>and</strong> Safe Families Act: No Second Chances?<br />

by Cassie St<strong>at</strong>uto Bevan, Ed.D.<br />

57 “Twenty” Years with <strong>the</strong> <strong>Adoption</strong> <strong>and</strong> Safe Families Act<br />

by John B. M<strong>at</strong>tingly<br />

60 Judicial Viewpoints on ASFA<br />

by Ernestine S. Gray

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