The Economics of Adoption of Children from Foster Care

Autor/inn/en	Hansen, Mary Eschelbach; Hansen, Bradley A.
Titel	The Economics of Adoption of Children from Foster Care
Quelle	In: Child Welfare, 85 (2006) 3, S.559-583 (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-4021
Schlagwörter	Adoption; African American Children; Foster Care; Public Policy; Caseworkers; Social Work; Parent Rights; Family (Sociological Unit); Child Welfare; Economic Factors + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? African Americans; Child; Children; Afroamerikaner; Kind; Kinder; Pflegehilfe; Öffentliche Ordnung; Soziale Arbeit; Elternrecht; Familie; Kindeswohl; Ökonomischer Faktor
Abstract	Federal initiatives since 1996 have intensified the efforts of states to achieve adoption for children in foster care. For many waiting children, the path to adoption is long. The authors offer an economic analysis of adoption from foster care, with an emphasis on the reasons why achieving the goal of adoption for all waiting children may be so difficult. The authors then estimate the determinants of adoptions from foster care across the states using data for fiscal years 1996 and 1997. Adoption assistance subsidy rates stand out as the most important determinant of adoptions from foster care, followed by use of alternatives (e.g., intercountry adoption). Adoptive matching on the basis of race does not appear to prevent adoptions from foster care in the aggregate, leaving flaws in the matching process, such as a lack of information and difficulty using the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC), as a primary reason why children wait. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.) (Author).
Anmerkungen	Child Welfare League of America. P.O. Box 932831, Atlanta, GA 31193-2831. Tel: 800-407-6273; Tel: 770-280-4164; e-mail: order@cwla.org; Web site: http://www.cwla.org/pubs.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10