§350C-1  Findings and purposes.  The legislature finds that to obtain adoptive families for children with special needs, states must assure prospective adoptive parents of substantial assistance in meeting the high costs of supporting and providing for the child‘s special needs.  The purpose of this chapter is to authorize the department of human services to enter into interstate agreements for the protection of children who receive adoption assistance from the State.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 350C-1

  • Adoption assistance: means the payment or payments for the maintenance of a child which are made or committed to be made pursuant to this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 350C-2
  • Child: means a person less than eighteen years of age, or a person less than twenty-one years of age who has mental or physical handicaps that warrant the continuation of assistance beyond the age of eighteen. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 350C-2
  • Department: means the department of human services and its authorized representatives. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 350C-2
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or a territory or possession of the United States. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 350C-2