Adoption & Foster Care

Prepared by: Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago Center for Social Services Research, University of California, Berkeley School of Social Work, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill American Institutes for Research, Prime Contractor

Contents TANF Policies Summary of Key Findings

Margo Rosenbach Kimball Lewis Brian Quinn Submitted to: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation 200 Independence Avenue, SW, Room 450G Washington, DC 20201 Project Officer: Laura Feig Radel

Frequently Asked Questions About Child-Only Cases

The HomeRebuilders project was an ambitious effort to test a major reform of the foster care system in New York City. In 1993, the New York State Department of Social Services (DSS) and the New York City Child Welfare Administration began testing a new approach to the financing of services to foster children and their birth families based on concepts from managed care.

By Robert Goerge, John Van Voorhis, Lisa Sanfilippo, and Allen Harden Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago April 8, 1996

A REVIEW OF FAMILY PRESERVATION AND FAMILY REUNIFICATION PROGRAMS By Westat, Inc. in association with James Bell Associates, Inc., and The Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago May 30, 1995 For the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

By Ariel Ahart, Ruth Bruer, Carolyn Rutsch, Richard Schmidt, and Susan Zaro. Macro International, Inc.   For the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation U.S. Department of Health and Human Services EXECUTIVE SUMMARY I. The Social and Policy Context A. The Family Reunification Problem

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