The National Abandoned Infants Assistance
Resource Center's mission is to enhance the quality of social
and health services delivered to children who are abandoned
or at-risk of abandonment due to the presence of drugs and/or
HIV in the family. The Resource Center provides training,
information, support, and resources to service providers who
assist these children and their families.
In 1988, Congress passed the Abandoned Infants Assistance
Act to address the "boarder baby" phenomenon, wherein
infants, particularly those perinatally exposed to drugs or
HIV, reside in hospitals indefinitely due to difficulties
in locating appropriate living arrangements. This legislation,
which is administered by the Children's
Bureau, Administration on Children, Youth and Families,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, provides funding
to support the Resource Center and direct
service projects.
The Resource Center is located at the University
of California at Berkeley.
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