Child Welfare
Child Welfare

Author: United States Government Accountability Office

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2017-09-13

Total Pages: 26

ISBN-13: 9781976349140

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For federal fiscal year 2004, state and local child protective services staff determined that an estimated 872,000 children had been victims of abuse or neglect. Title IV-B subparts 1 and 2 authorize a wide array of child welfare services, with some restrictions on states' use of funds. This testimony discusses: (1) how states used Title IV-B dollars to serve families under subparts 1 and 2; (2) the extent that federal oversight ensured state compliance with spending requirements under subpart 1; and (3) what the research said about the effectiveness of services states have provided to families using Title IV-B funds. This testimony was primarily based on a 2003 report (GAO-03-956).

Child Protection Oversight
Child Protection Oversight

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Human Resources

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13:

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Child Welfare Programs
Child Welfare Programs

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Oversight

Publisher:

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13:

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This hearing examined whether federal child welfare and foster care programs could be streamlined to better help children, focusing on the efficacy of section 427 of the 1980 Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act, which requires states to report on compliance with 18 separate child protection strategies. Testimony regarding the streamlining or elimination of section 427 was heard from: (1) Assistant Secretary Mary Jo Bane, Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; (2) New Jersey Department of Human Services; (3) National Fatherhood Initiative; (4) Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services; (5) Cook County Office of Public Guardian; (6) Karen Aileen Howze, an adoptive parent; (7) American Civil Liberties Union; (8) Child Welfare League of America; (9) Children's Rights Council; (10) Brigitte Berger, a sociology professor; (11) Maryland Citizen Foster Care Review Board; and (12) National Association of Foster Care Reviewers. Written submissions were also provided by other interested individuals and organizations. (MDM)