The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act requires that states make every reasonable effort to rehabilitate abusive parents and keep families together.

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The statement is true. The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act, passed in 1980, requires states receiving federal child welfare funding to make every reasonable effort to provide services that will enable children to return home safely and to prevent their removal from their homes in the first place. This includes efforts to rehabilitate abusive or neglectful parents and maintain family relationships.

The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act Requires That States