Child Welfare

Resources

Apr 2004 Child Welfare Research Program
(Urban Institute)
  National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-being
  Child Welfare Review Project
(US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families)
  Description of IV-E Foster Care Program
(US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families)
  Description of IV-E Adoption Assistance Program
(US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families)
  ACF IV-E Waiver Information
(US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families)
  ACF Child Welfare Fact Sheet
(US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families)
  ACF Child Welfare Data and Statistics
(US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families)

Publications

View a list of archived publications.

Oct 2005 Alternative Responses to Child Maltreatment: Findings from
(US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation)
Jul 2005 Rereporting and Recurrence of Child Maltreatment: Findings
(US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation)
Jun 2005 Federal Foster Care Financing: How and Why the Current
(US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation)
Mar 2005 Youth Who Run Away from Out-of-Home Care
(Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago)
Feb 2005 State Fact Sheets on Child Welfare Funding
(Children's Defense Fund)
Jan 2005 Children of Color in the Child Welfare System: Perspectives from the Child Welfare Community
(US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families)
Dec 2004 The Cost of Protecting Vulnerable Children IV: How Child Welfare Funding Fared during the Recession
(Urban Institute)
Dec 2004 The Cost of Protecting Vulnerable Children IV: How Child Welfare Funding Fared during the Recession
(Urban Institute)
Nov 2004 Residential Care in Illinois: Trends and Alternatives
(Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago)
Jul 2004 Children Living Out of Home: Effects of Family and Environmental Characteristics
(Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Princeton University)
Jul 2004 Grandma and Grandpa Taking Care of the Kids: Patterns of Involvement
(Child Trends, Inc.)
May 2004 Child And Family Services Reviews: States and HHS Face Challenges in Assessing and Improving State Performance
(US Government Accountability Office)
May 2004 Summary of IV-E Child Welfare Waiver Demonstration Projects
(US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families)
Nov 2003 Adopted Children and Stepchildren: 2000
(US Bureau of the Census)
Sep 2003 Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice: Several Factors Influence the Placement of Children Solely to Obtain Mental Health Services
(US Government Accountability Office)
Sep 2003 Child Welfare: Enhanced Federal Oversight of Title IV-B Could Provide States Additional Information to Improve Services
(US Government Accountability Office)
Sep 2003 Child Welfare: Most States are Developing Statewide Information Systems, but the Reliability of Child Welfare Data Could Be Improved
(US Government Accountability Office)
Sep 2003 Improving the Performance and Outcomes of Child Welfare Through Program Improvement Plans
(Center for Law and Social Policy)
Aug 2003 Input on Improving Court Oversight of Child Welfare Cases
(Center for Law and Social Policy)
Aug 2003 Input on Improving Federal Child Welfare Financing Mechanisms
(Center for Law and Social Policy)
Jun 2003 Comments on the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System
(Center for Law and Social Policy)
Jun 2003 Who Will Adopt the Foster Care Children Left Behind
(Urban Institute)
Apr 2003 The Cost of Protecting Vulnerable Children: Changes in State Funding of Child Welfare Programs (1998-2000)
(Urban Institute)
Apr 2003 Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice: Federal Agencies Could Play a Stronger Role in Helping States Reduce the Number of Children Placed Solely to Obtain Mental Health Services
(US Government Accountability Office)
Apr 2003 Foster Children Placed with Relatives Often Receive Less Government Help
(Urban Institute)
Apr 2003 When Child Welfare Agencies Rely on Voluntary Kinship Placements
(Urban Institute)
Dec 2002 The Continuing Evolution of State Kinship Care Policies
(Urban Institute)
Dec 2002 Youth who "Age Out" of Foster Care: Troubled Lives, Troubling Prospects
(Child Trends, Inc.)
Nov 2002 Adoption Dynamics: Comparative Results for Subpopulations
(US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation)
2002 A Decade of Welfare Reform: What We've Learned About Child Well-Being
(RAND)