RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Adoption Subsidies and Placement Outcomes for Children in Foster Care
JF Journal of Human Resources
JO J Hum Resour
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 596
OP 627
DO 10.3368/jhr.48.3.596
VO 48
IS 3
A1 Buckles, Kasey S.
YR 2013
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/48/3/596.abstract
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.