26-6-28. Reduction of number of children in foster care.Each year, the Department of Social Services shall reduce the number of children who have been in foster care more than twenty-four months and who have received or are receiving assistance under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act. The amount of the reduction shall be one-half of one percent of the number of foster children in care during the preceding federal fiscal year. Source: SL 1982, ch 199; SL 2004, ch 167, §5.
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