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Foster care funding questioned
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New York Beacon, The
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May 26, 2004
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New York Beacon, The
05-26-2004
A national commission studying what it calls the nation's broken foster
care system wants to take away the financial incentive for removing
children from their families.
States get federal money for every poor child placed in foster care. One
consequence, critics say, has been an explosion in the number of foster
children.
Since 1983, the number of children placed in foster care tripled
nationwide, to more than 574,000 children in 2002. Federal payments
increased tenfold and top $4 billion a year, according to the
Administration for Children and Families.
Far less money is available to keep children at home by providing their
parents with child care subsidies, rent ...
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