Child Welfare

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

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.

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.

Contents Background Criminal Laws Reporting Requirements Implications for Program Staff and Policy Makers Structure of Report

Prepared by: Child Trends Project Coordinators: Daniel J. Berry, Lisa J. Bridges, and Martha J. Zaslow

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).

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.

By Sharon M. McGroder, Ph.D., Martha J. Zaslow, Ph.D., Kristin A. Moore, Ph.D., and Jennifer L. Brooks, Ph.D. Child Trends

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