TY - JOUR T1 - Adoption Subsidies and Placement Outcomes for Children in Foster Care JF - Journal of Human Resources JO - J Hum Resour SP - 596 LP - 627 DO - 10.3368/jhr.48.3.596 VL - 48 IS - 3 AU - Kasey S. Buckles Y1 - 2013/07/01 UR - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/48/3/596.abstract N2 - More than 400,000 children in the United States are currently in foster care, many of whom are at risk for long-lasting emotional and health problems. The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 provided federal funds for monthly adoption subsidies designed to promote adoptions of special-needs children and children in foster care. Using data from the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting Systems, I find that the number of adoptions increases when children become subsidy-eligible, and that most of the increase is from adoptions by foster parents. Conditional on adoption, subsidy eligibility decreases time spent in foster care. ER -