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Download full textSells, Julia K. – 2001
The number of children in foster care has nearly doubled in recent years. Despite reform efforts, the U.S. child welfare system is not increasing the number of children who get adopted. The federal government spends over $12 billion annually on child welfare programs, but the growing government bureaucracy has allowed the problems to worsen. The…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adoption, Child Welfare, Children
