Background Adoption subsidies are perhaps the single-most powerful tool by which the child welfare system can encourage adoption and support adoptive families. Yet little is known about the factors associated with the receipt and amount of subsidies.
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Advanced SearchUnderstanding Foster Parenting: Using Administrative Data to Explore Retention
Contents Research Questions and Methods Key Findings Foster homes are a critical resource within the child welfare system, with more than 260,000 children in non-relative foster care at the end of FY 2001.
Male Perpetrators of Child Maltreatment: Findings from NCANDS
Contents What are the characteristics of male perpetrators of child maltreatment? What specific patterns of child maltreatment are associated with male perpetrators? What outcomes are associated with male perpetrators of child maltreatment? How does th
Statutory Rape: A Guide to State Laws and Reporting Requirements
Contents
Background
Criminal Laws
Reporting Requirements
Implications for Program Staff and Policy Makers
Structure of Report
Early Childhood Measures Profiles
Prepared by: Child Trends Project Coordinators: Daniel J. Berry, Lisa J. Bridges, and Martha J. Zaslow
Unemployment Insurance As a Potential Safety Net for TANF Leavers: Evidence from Five States
This report is one in a series produced under the National Evaluation of the DOL Welfare-to-Work (WtW) Grants Program. This study examines the extent to which former welfare recipients, if they were to experience a job loss, are likely to have monetary eligibility for Unemployment Insurance (UI).
Innovative State Strategies to Insure Children
Information in this report was collected prior to the passage of Title XXI of the Social Security Act, or the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). During the summer of 1997, nine states were interviewed that had already developed children’s health insurance programs to cover uninsured children.
Impacts of a Mandatory Welfare-to-Work Program on Children at School Entry and Beyond: Findings from the NEWWS Child Outcomes Study
By Sharon M. McGroder, Ph.D., Martha J. Zaslow, Ph.D., Kristin A. Moore, Ph.D., and Jennifer L. Brooks, Ph.D. Child Trends
Children in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Child-Only Cases with Relative Caregivers
Content Background Research Questions and Methods Key Findings Background Since the establishment of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, much attention has been given t