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The Adoption Tax Credit: Is it an Effective Approach to Promote Foster Care Adoption?
This brief argues that the United States Adoption Tax Credit established to encourage foster care adoption does little to promote this cause while benefiting foreign and private adoptions, particularly among higher income families.
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Public Policy > Adoption
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Child Trends
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2007
Bringing Up Baby: Adoption, Marriage, and the Best Interests of the Child
This study argues that children waiting for adoption should be placed with married parents whenever possible.
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Category:
Public Policy > Adoption
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Marshall-Wythe School of Law, Williamsburg Virginia
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February 2006
The Evolution of Kinship Care Policy and Practice
This article discusses the benefits and drawbacks of kinship foster care and emphasizes the need for a coherent government policy on this issue in order to ensure that children are receiving the best care possible.
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Public Policy > Adoption
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The Future of Children
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2004
When Children Cannot Return Home: Adoption and Guardianship
This article discusses efforts on the part of governments and welfare agencies to find permanent, stable homes for foster children through adoption and guardianship.
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Category:
Public Policy > Adoption
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The Future of Children
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2004
Adoptions Australia 1998-99
This report provides adoption statistics for all regions of Australia from 1998 to 1999, with information about adopted children, adoptive families, and birth mothers.
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Category:
Public Policy > Adoption
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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2000
Adoptions Australia 2000-01
This report provides adoption statistics for all regions of Australia from 2000 to 2001, with information about adopted children, adoptive families, and birth mothers.
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Category:
Public Policy > Adoption
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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2002
Adoptions Australia 2001-02
This report provides adoption statistics for all regions of Australia from 2001 to 2002, with information about adopted children, adoptive families, and birth mothers.
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Category:
Public Policy > Adoption
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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2002
Adoptions Australia 1999-00
This report provides adoption statistics for all regions of Australia from 1999 to 2000, with information about adopted children, adoptive families, and birth mothers.
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Category:
Public Policy > Adoption
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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2001
Adoptions Australia 2003-04
This report provides adoption statistics for all regions of Australia from 2003 to 2004, with information about adopted children, adoptive families, and birth mothers.
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Category:
Public Policy > Adoption
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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2004
On Their Own Terms: Supporting Kinship Care Outside of TANF and Foster Care
This report examines the use of kinship or relative care in the United States, state and federal policies pertaining to kinship care, and the characteristics of alternative kinship care initiatives.
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Category:
Public Policy > Adoption
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Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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September 2001
Analysis of Secondary Data Assessing the Field of Post-Adoption Services: Family Needs, Program Models, and Evaluation Issues
This report analyses secondary adoption data to examine the rapidly expanding field of post-adoption services in North Carolina and California.
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Category:
Public Policy > Adoption
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, and the Administration for Children and Families
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December 01, 2002
Adoption Dynamics: Comparative Results for Subpopulations
This paper discusses the increasing rate of adoption from foster care in the United States in the 1990s and seeks to determine if any particular population subgroups benefited to a greater or lesser extent from these changes.
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Category:
Public Policy > Adoption
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Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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November 2002
Growth in the Adoption Population
This report examines the possible effects of changes to federal policies on the relative number of children adopted from foster care and remaining in foster care in the United States from 2000 to 2020.
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Category:
Public Policy > Adoption
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Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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March 2002
Adoption Dynamics: The Impact of the Adoption and Safe Families Act
This paper examines the effects of the Adoption and Safe Families Act on the proportion of children adopted from foster care and the length of time needed for the adoption process to be completed.
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Category:
Public Policy > Adoption
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Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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August 2002
Understanding Adoption Subsidies: An Analysis of AFCARS Data
This report uses data from the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) to examine the extent to which subsidies provided to adoptive families aid in the attainment of permanency and child well-being goals.
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Category:
Public Policy > Adoption
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
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January 2005
Promoting Adoption Reform: Congress Can Give Children Another Chance
This paper looks at current adoption legislation, and what Congress can do to improve the laws and policies by removing some of the uneccessary barriers involved in this procedure.
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Category:
Public Policy > Adoption
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The Heritage Foundation
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July 27, 1995
Fostering Success: An Explanation of the Research Literature in Foster Care
This paper examines past research and literature on the types, purposes, and functions of foster care, its impact on child health and well-being, and the outcomes for children who are raised in foster homes.
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Category:
Public Policy > Adoption
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Social Care Institute for Excellence
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January 2004
The Adoption of Looked After Children: A Scoping Review of Research
This paper examines literature pertaining to the adoption of children from public care.
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Category:
Public Policy > Adoption
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Social Care Institute for Excellence
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November 2003
Foster Care: Agencies Face Challenges Securing Stable Homes for Children of Substance Abusers
This report investigates the prevalence and characteristics of parental substance abuse among foster children.
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Category:
Public Policy > Adoption
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United States General Accounting Office
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September 1998
Child Abuse and Neglect in California
This paper defines child abuse and neglect, and discusses related issues and trends in child abuse in California.
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Category:
Public Policy > Adoption
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Legislative Analyst's Office
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January 1996
Children of Colour in the Child Welfare System
This paper discusses the issues and experiences faced by children of colour in the child welfare system, and looks specifically at rates of child abuse, foster home placements, and adoption of these children.
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Category:
Public Policy > Adoption
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Child Welfare League of America
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January 2004
Placement Stability Measure and Diverse Out-of-Home Care Populations
This report discusses a child's placement stability as a way of assessing the child's well-being in the out-of-home care.
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Category:
Public Policy > Adoption
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Child Welfare League of America
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April 2002
International Adoption: Trends and Issues
This brief paper examines trends in international and US adoptions by age and gender.
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Category:
Public Policy > Adoption
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Child Welfare League of America
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November 2003
Adopted Children and Stepchildren: 2000
This paper looks at the number of adopted children and stepchildren in the US, and examines characteristics such as race, age, gender, disabilities, poverty status, and living arrangements.
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Category:
Public Policy > Adoption
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US Census Bureau
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October 2003
Adoption: Numbers and Trends
This brief fact sheet addresses the number of adoptions in the US for various years and states, as well as the different types of adoption including public, private, kinship, stepparent and international.
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Category:
Public Policy > Adoption
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US Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families
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2000
Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) Basics
This article outlines the provisions of the Adoption and Safe Families Act and how it will improve the adoption process, keep children safe, and promote adoption and other permanency options in the US.
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Category:
Public Policy > Adoption
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Children's Defense Fund
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Spring 2000
Statistics on Adoption in the United States
This article reviews existing data relating to the characteristics of parents who adopt or give their children up for adoption, the nature of the children who are adopted, and adoption arrangements.
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Category:
Public Policy > Adoption
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The Future of Children
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Spring 1993
Agency Versus Independent Adoption: The Case for Agency Adoption
This article argues that there should be a single, uniform process of adoption in order to ensure that certain standards are maintained and that children, adoptive parents, and birth parents are protected.
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Category:
Public Policy > Adoption
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The Future of Children
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Spring 1993
Agency Versus Indepedent Adoption: The Case for Independent Adoption
This article discusses the role that independent (non-agency) adoption plays in the United States, the processes involved in independent adoption, and the risks and benefits associated with it.
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Category:
Public Policy > Adoption
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The Future of Children
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Spring 1993
Long-Term Outcomes in Adoption
This article examines the pyschological risks faced by adopted children as compared to non-adopted children.
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Category:
Public Policy > Adoption
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The Future of Children
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Spring 1993
Risks and Benefits of Open Adoption
This article reviews the main arguments relating to the advantages and disadvantages of an adoption process in which the birth and adoptive parents are in contact with each other.
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Category:
Public Policy > Adoption
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The Future of Children
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Spring 1993
Outcomes of Adoption of Children With Special Needs
This article investigates the well-being of adopted children who have special needs (for example, behavioural, physical, or emotional problems), and finds that most do well in adoptive homes.
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Category:
Public Policy > Adoption
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The Future of Children
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Spring 1993
Adoption of Children with Special Needs
This paper discusses the history and current status of adoption services for special needs children and suggests ways in which to provide better services for these children and their adoptive parents.
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Category:
Public Policy > Adoption
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The Future of Children
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Spring 1993
Children of Color in Foster Care and the Multiethnic Placement Act: The Experiences of Families Involved in Transracial and Same Race Adoptions in an Illinois Sample (Final Report)
This study looks at the expereinces of transracial adoptive families.
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Category:
Public Policy > Adoption
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Children and Family Research Center
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May 10, 2000
Adoptions Australia 2002-03
This report provides adoption statistics for all regions of Australia, with information about adopted children, adoptive families, and birth mothers.
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Category:
Public Policy > Adoption
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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2003
Australian Social Trends 1998: Family - Family Formation: Adoptions
This article examines trends in Australian adoptions and changes to adoption legislation.
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Category:
Public Policy > Adoption
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Australian Bureau of Statistics
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January 26, 2000
Children Adopted from Care in England: 2002-2003
This paper presents statistical information pertaining to adoption rates, the adoption process, and characteristics of adopted children in England.
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Category:
Public Policy > Adoption
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Office for National Statistics Department for Education and Skills
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November 01, 2003
International Adoptions Up: 2,181 in 2003
This fact sheet examines international adoption rates in Canada for the year 2003, and looks at the number of children adopted by country of origin, age, and gender.
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Category:
Public Policy > Adoption
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Adoption Council of Canada
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June 28, 2004
Languishing in Foster Care
This brief analysis discusses the problems with the current foster care program, focusing on concerns about the high number of foster care children who are not being adopted due to flaws in the system.
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Category:
Public Policy > Adoption
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National Center for Policy Analysis
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May 14, 1997
A Report on the Experiences of Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals in America and the Public’s Views on Issues and Policies Related to Sexual Orientation
This document gives the results of two polls done by the Kaiser Family Foundation, one on the experiences of lesbians, gays and bisexuals and one on the public's attitudes towards this group and the related public policy issues.
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Category:
Public Policy > Adoption
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The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
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2000
Did Abortion Legalization Reduce the Number Of Unwanted Children? Evidence from Adoptions
This study found that the legalization of abortion in the United States led to a substantial decline in the number of adoptions of children who had been born to white mothers.
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Category:
Public Policy > Adoption
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The Alan Guttmacher Institute
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February 01, 2002
Family Portrait (2003 Version)
This book contains a compilation of information on various family-related issues such as marriage, adoption, cohabitation, divorce, unmarried childbearing, childcare, stepfamilies, and teen issues.
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Category:
Public Policy > Adoption
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Family Research Council
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August 01, 2002
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