H.R. 6893 Fostering Connections to Success & Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008

December 23, 2008 The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released this cost estimate to specify how the law will affect the federal budget. The law, enacted October 7, 2008, made numerous changes to the federal Title IV-E foster care and adoption assistance programs. For the 2009-2013 period, the CBO estimated that the law would decrease federal spending by $323 million, but that over the 2009-2018 period, spending would increase by $295 million.The law is expected to increase the number of children receiving Title IV-E payments for adoption assistance, although the CBO estimates that most of the . . .