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Appendix A

Acronyms

ADA Americans with Disabilities Act

ASFA Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997

CAPTA Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1974

CASA Court Appointed Special Advocate

CFR Code of Federal Regulations

CRB Citizen Review Board

CYFD New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department

FINCOS Families in Need of Court-Ordered Services

GAL Guardian ad Litem

ICWA Indian Child Welfare Act

IV-B Title IV-B of the Social Security Act

IV-E Title IV-E of the Social Security Act, added by the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980

MEPA Multiethnic Placement Act of 1994 

MHDD Act Children's Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Act

PIP Program Improvement Plan

P.L. 96-272 Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980

PPLA Planned Permanent Living Arrangement

SCI State Central Intake, CYFD

TPR Termination of Parental Rights

 

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