Analysis of Child Welfare Services Expenditure Data and Child Day Care Expenditure Data. Phase 2 Report

摘要

The two-phase study's objectives were to (1) determine reasonable national cost figures for child welfare services and child day care services; (2) obtain information on service expenditures and funding sources for child welfare services and child day care services; and (3) assess the difficulty of collecting and aggregating state child welfare services data. The phase one report found that an estimated total of more than $4.2 billion of federal, state, and local funds was spent on six child welfare services (adoption, substitute care, protective services, preventive services, services for juvenile delinquents or status offenders, and pregnancy/parenting services for young adults) in FY 1985. An estimated total of $1.09 billion was spent on day care services for children in FY 1985. The report includes data tables containing original, revised, and estimated data, conclusions and recommendations for improving national reporting of child welfare services and child day care services, and state profiles of service expenditures.