PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Buckles, Kasey S.
TI  - Adoption Subsidies and Placement Outcomes for Children in Foster Care
AID  - 10.3368/jhr.48.3.596
DP  - 2013 Jul 01
TA  - Journal of Human Resources
PG  - 596--627
VI  - 48
IP  - 3
4099  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/48/3/596.short
4100  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/48/3/596.full
SO  - J Hum Resour2013 Jul 01; 48
AB  - 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.