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Peer reviewedGallagher, Ursula M.; Katz, Sanford N. – Children Today, 1975
Discusses the background, philosophy and provisions of the Model State Subsidized Adoption Act, which makes appropriate adoptions possible, through public subsidy, of children who might not otherwise be adopted because of special circumstances (handicaps, race, age). (ED)
Descriptors: Adoption, Exceptional Persons, Financial Support, State Legislation
Ott, J. S.; Langer, M. – 1987
The policy analysis examines application of permanency planning principles (services in family settings that provide continuity in relationships) to services for developmentally disabled children (through age 21) in Colorado. Section I provides an extensive description of permanency planning principles and a discussion of their theoretical and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adoption, Children, Developmental Disabilities
Download full textChildren's Bureau (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1975
This booklet presents the texts of the Model State Subsidized Adoption Act and Model Regulations. Comments which expand and explain most sections of the Act are included. Subsidized adoption provides reimbursement (after a child with special needs has been placed for adoption) according to a prior agreement between the adoptive parent(s) and the…
Descriptors: Adoption, Child Welfare, Exceptional Persons, Financial Support
Milobar, Dianne; Corkery, Marg – 1985
This report provides general information and statistics about the State of Iowa's children and current children's programs administered by state agencies. Indicating the need for children's programs, the report lists statistical evidence for child abuse, foster care, deaths of children, disabilities and special education, delinquency, substance…
Descriptors: Adoption, Agency Role, Child Welfare, Day Care
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1995
In response to proposed reforms designed to replace many federal child welfare programs with block grants to states, this report describes a study of recent trends foster care, resources for foster care and child welfare services, and state responses to current foster care and child welfare service needs. The study reviewed research on foster care…
Descriptors: Adoption, Block Grants, Child Abuse, Child Neglect
Children's Bureau (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1967
IN QUESTION AND ANSWER FORM, THE PAMPHLET PRESENTS STATISTICAL DATA ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH PRIMARILY IN THE UNITED STATES. INFORMATION CONCERNS POPULATION, RESIDENCE, MOBILITY, POVERTY, WORKING MOTHERS, MARRIAGES, DIVORCES, BIRTHS, LIFE EXPECTANCY, MORTALITY, ILLNESS, HANDICAPS, HOSPITALIZATION, ADOPTIONS, PHENYLKETONURIA (PKU) LAWS, CHILD ABUSE…
Descriptors: Adoption, Child Welfare, Community Health Services, Day Care
Hruska, Elizabeth – 1997
Developed to assist policymakers and family service providers, this document is an inventory of programs for Nebraska children and families, focusing on service programs and excluding basic elementary and secondary education. The programs described fall into 16 areas: (1) abuse and neglect, including prevention and protection; (2) adoption; (3)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support
