Child Welfare Administration and Its Influence on Child Outcomes
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This research study analyzes child welfare administrations’ influence on the amount of time a child spends as “legally free” for adoption. Data used for this study are from the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS). The sample of 1,604 youth came from the 2005 adoption data. The study finds that youth in state administered child welfare systems spend less time as “legally free” for adoption. When controlling for state fixed effects, youth in both state administered and mixed administration child welfare systems spend less time as “legally free” for adoption. Future research should focus on additional policy variables in order to explore further decentralized systems.
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