R512-43-1. Authority and Purpose

(1)(a) Sections 80-2-806 and 80-2-807 authorize the state to provide adoption assistance and supplemental adoption assistance; and (b) Adoption and Guardianship Assistance Program, 42 U.S.C. 673, authorizes federal adoption assistance. (2) Section 80-2-302 authorizes this rule. (3) The adoption assistance program aids an adoptive family in establishing and maintaining a permanent adoptive living arrangement for a child who qualifies for the program under state or federal law.