Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6834426 | Children and Youth Services Review | 2014 | 24 Pages |
Abstract
Despite being part of a social safety net, foster care maintenance rates have declined in real terms since 1991 in many states, and there is no strong evidence that they increase in response to harsher economic climates or to federal programs or legal reviews. State variation in maintenance rates was not related to Child Welfare outcomes, though further analysis of this important relationship is needed. Variability in state foster care maintenance rates appears highly idiosyncratic, an important contextual factor to consider when designing and disseminating evidence-based services.
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Authors
Jeremy D. Goldhaber-Fiebert, Kimberly S. Babiarz, Rachel L. Garfield, Fred Wulczyn, John Landsverk, Sarah M. Horwitz,