[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 190 (Thursday, October 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 52740]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26321]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Children's Bureau; Notice of Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Children's Bureau.

NAME: Kinship Care Advisory Panel.

DATE AND TIME: October 5, 1998, 11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; October 6, 1998, 
8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

PLACE: The Inn and Conference Center, University of Maryland, 
University College, University Boulevard at Adelphi Road, College Park, 
Maryland 20742.

SUMMARY: The Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 (Pub. L. 105-89) 
signed into law on November 19, 1997, includes a section requiring the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services to prepare a report to the 
Congress on children in foster care who are placed in the care of a 
relative. Section 303 of Pub. L. 105-89 requires the Secretary, in 
consultation with the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate, to convene 
an advisory panel on kinship care to review an initial report and 
advise the Secretary on the extent to which children in foster care are 
placed in the care of a relative.
    The reports will be based on the comments submitted by the advisory 
panel and will include policy recommendations from the Secretary. The 
Secretary shall present the report to the Congress by June 1, 1999.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meetings are open to the public and are 
barrier free. Meeting records will also be open to the public and will 
be kept at the Switzer Building located at 330 ``C'' Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20447.
    This meeting notice is late due to the problems in identifying a 
meeting location.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Geneva Ware-Rice, Switzer 
Building, 330 ``C'' Street, SW., Washington, DC 20447, 202-205-8305.

    Dated: September 25, 1998.
Carol W. Williams,
Associate Commissioner, Children's Bureau.
[FR Doc. 98-26321 Filed 9-30-98; 8:45 am]
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