Child Welfare

Services For Migrant Children in the Health, Social Services, and Education Systems. Nancy M. Pindus, Fran E. O'Reilly, Margaret Schulte, and Lenore Webb The Urban Institute March, 1993

This article discusses the cost of teenage childbearing as estimated by the Center for Population Options (CPO). The single-year cost for all families originating from a teen birth is estimated at approximately $25 billion in 1990, up from $16.6 billion in 1985.

This compendium is published by the Division of Children and Youth Policy within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It summarizes the results of the Division's research projects from 1986 through the present.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Foster Care Summary: 1991 Karl Ensign Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation 1991 PDF Version

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Approximately 800 HIV-infected children nationally were in foster care placement as of June 1989. This study was designed to define the specific problems related to providing foster care to children with HIV infection.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

This report summarizes a methodological review of the 1988 National Incidence of Child Abuse and Neglect Study (NIS-2) and highlights the review's implications.

MAXIMUS, Inc. April 1988 This report was prepared under contract #HHS-100-85-0004 between HHS's Office of Social Services Policy (now the Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy) and MAXIMUS, Inc. For additional information about this subject, you can visit the ASPE home page at http://aspe.hhs.gov.