Pub. L. 108-7, div. C, tit. III, sec. 142

Sec. 142. The Mayor of the District of Columbia, in administering funds provided under the heading “Federal Payment for Incentives for Adoption of Children” in Public Law 106–113, as modified by Public Law 107–96, shall establish and fulfill the following performance measures within nine months of the date of enactment of this Act: (i) the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall certify that not less than 50 percent of the funds provided for attorney fees and home studies have been expended; (ii) the Mayor shall establish an outreach program to inform adoptive families and children without parents about the scholarship fund established with these funds; (iii) the Mayor shall establish the location, necessary personnel and mission of the adoptive family resource center in the District of Columbia; (iv) the Mayor shall identify not less than 25 percent of the eligible children in the District of Columbia foster care system with special needs and obligate not less than 25 percent of the funds provided in Public Law 106–113 for adoption incentives and support for children with special needs: Provided, That the Mayor of the District of Columbia and the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia shall provide quarterly reports beginning on the date of enactment of this Act to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate, detailing the expenditure of funds provided for the promotion of adoption and performance in actually promoting adoption; and (v) the Mayor and Child and Family Services Agency of the District of Columbia shall increase the number of waiting children listed in the Child and Family Services Agency of the District of Columbia adoption photo-listing by 75 percent.