Adoption dynamics and the Adoption and Safe Families Act

Article Abstract:

The effects of the federal Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 (ASFA) on the adoption process is evaluated on the bases of data obtained from cohorts of children admitted to foster care in six states from 1990 to 2002. The analyses find no firm evidence of a slowdown in the average time required to complete adoptions in the mid-1990s in spite of the act designed to address an alleged slowdown in adoption.

Public affairs, Social aspects, Adoption

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Do welfare sanctions increase child protection system involvement? A cautious answer

Article Abstract:

A study conducted on recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) in order to assess whether imposing sanctions on recipient's welfare benefits would increase the risk of parents maltreating their child is presented. Results concluded that it does increase the rate of having an investigation for neglect but does not bear a significant relation to an indicated report of neglect or abuse.

Services information, Illinois, Services, Crimes against, Welfare recipients, Child welfare, Poor children, United States. Office of Family Assistance. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program

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Child-care market mechanisms: Does policy affect the quantity of care?

Article Abstract:

The response of local child-care quantities to the policy in the US between 1990 and 2000 is examined. The results have shown that subsidy spending and tax policy affected county-level child-care expansion, with poor and rural areas responding most to policy intervention.

Child care services

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