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State-designated special needs, post-adoption support, and state fiscal stress
- Author:
- HANSEN Mary Eschelbach
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 29(11), November 2007, pp.1411-1425.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
The United States Adoption and Safe Families Act of 2007 and its 2003 reauthorization offered bonuses to states that provide more children waiting in foster care with permanent families through adoption. Under ASFA, a majority of states increased the generosity of post-adoption financial support. Moreover, states increased the number and proportion of adopted children that received adoption assistance because the child had a special need. Administrative data indicate that states more diligently recorded the special needs of children, which was necessary to support increases in state requests for federal reimbursements and performance bonuses.
Pie in the sky? Not at all
- Author:
- BROACH Steve
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.2.07, 2007, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Despite Every Child Matters, outcomes for disabled children and their families are still very poor. The Every Disabled Child Matters campaign believes that services for disabled children need more funding, coupled with prioritisation within the performance management frameworks for local government and health agencies. The 2007 comprehensive spending review is the ideal time to address the inequalities in outcomes for disabled children and their families.