State PolicyPrior research has examined associations between state adoption policies and assisted reproductive technology insurance coverage and foster care adoption rates, but knowledge of the relationships between state policies and contexts and foster care adoption is still limited. In this study, we ...
We find that expansion of EITC decreased foster care entry rates by 7.43% per year in states with a state-level EITC, relative to those without. In models that separately examine foster care entry rates by age of the child, we find that the ARRA2009 had different effects on foster care ...
Educational Experiences of Children in Foster Care: Meta-Analyses of Special Education, Retention and Discipline Rates The educational achievements of children in foster care have been determined to be below average in individual studies. In the present investigation, 31 st... Scherr,G T. - 《Scho...
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In analyses also examining state revenue, federal funding, and legal challenges, maintenance rates increased as the federal share of maximum TANF payments increased. However, >50% of variation in foster care maintenance rates was explained by unobserved state-level factors as measured by state fixed...
Leaving foster care—the influence of child and case characteristics on foster care exit rates This longitudinal study examines characteristics associated with the timing of three potential foster care outcomes鈥攔eunification, adoption, and running ... CM Connell,KH Katz,L Saunders,... - 《...
“Not a lot of money from the perspective of the state,” Hatcher said. “But for Alex, it could have made a world of difference when he was leaving foster care.” According to the new report by the two advocacy groups, state agencies have been collecting more than $150 million a year...
Thus it is critical that scholars, practitioners, and policy makers are knowledgeable with regard to the various protective and risk factors that affect delinquency rates in child welfare so that innovative strategies to prevent delinquency can be appropriately targeted. With regard to protective factors...
About 424,000 children in foster care on any given day already face shortages of placements, low high school graduation rates, and disproportionately high rates of incarceration and homelessness, according to the report. "Without new funding and accountability, these problems may only get worse," ...
Daily foster parent reimbursement rates for medically complex children are generally two to three times the basic rate (32). Each state determines how many medi- cally complex and total foster children can be placed in one home. Because daycare is often expressly prohibited for foster children ...