Child Welfare: Complex Needs Strain Capacity to Provide Services
HEHS-95-208
Published: Sep 26, 1995. Publicly Released: Sep 26, 1995.
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GAO reviewed the foster care system and related child welfare services, focusing on: (1) recent trends in the characteristics of the foster care population; (2) whether resources for foster care and child welfare services have kept pace with changing needs; and (3) how states are responding to current foster care and other service needs.
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Block grantsChild abuseChild care programsFamiliesFoster childrenFunds managementGrants to statesMedicaidProposed legislationState-administered programsChild welfare