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<p>while Child Welfare Programs Are A Primary Responsibility Of State And Local Governments, The Federal Government Appropriates Close To $7 Billion Annually To Support These Programs (primarily For Foster Care And Adoption Assistance) And States Are Required To Meet Certain Federal Policies In Order To Receive This Funding. Child And Family Services Reviews (cfsrs) Gauge State Efforts And Ability To Achieve The Primary Goals Of Safety And Permanence For Children, And Well-being For Children And Their Families. The Review Is Intended Both To Measure State Compliance With Federal Child Welfare Policy And To Strengthen And Improve State Child Welfare Programs. The Department Of Health And Human Services (hhs) Conducted The Initial Round Of Onsite Reviews Between March 2001 And March 2004. No State Was Found To Be In Substantial Conformity With All Of The Outcomes And Systems Assessed. Some Critics Of The Cfsr Argue That While The Outcomes Reviewed Are On Target, The Criteria Established To Determine State Achievement Of Those Outcomes May Give Misleading Information About A State's Performance. Although Much Attention Has Focused On States' Uniform Inability To Meet All Of The Federa

Author

Emilie Stoltzfus

Publisher

New York: Novinka Books

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9781594547812

Subjects

Social Science, Political Science, Social_sciences