Goldhaber-Fiebert, Jeremy D.; Babiarz, Kimberly S.; … - In: Children and Youth Services Review 39 (2014) C, pp. 183-206
U.S. Child Welfare systems are involved in the lives of millions of children, and total spending exceeds $26billion annually. Out-of-home foster care is a critical and expensive Child Welfare service, a major component of which is the maintenance rate paid to support housing and caring for a...