This program:
- Prevent abandonment of infants and young children, particularly those who have been perinataly exposed to a dangerous drug and those with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or who have been perinatally exposed to the virus
- Identify and address needs of those abandoned infants, especially those with AIDS
- Assist these children to reside with their biological families, if possible or in foster care
- Recruit train health and social services personnel foster care families and residential care providers to meet the needs of abandoned infants and children who are at risk abandonment
- Carry out residential care programs and foster families
- Provide technical assistance and training to providers to meet the needs of this population