Foster Care: Federal Policy on Title IV-E Share of Training Costs (Letter
Report, 11/03/93, GAO/HRD-94-7).

State and local governments need qualified child welfare workers to meet
a rising caseload of abused and neglected children needing foster care.
The total number of children in foster care rose from 273,500 in 1986 to
429,000 in 1991.  Federal funds for foster care and foster care training
are made available to the states under title IV-E of the Social Security
Act.  This report provides information on (1) the Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS) policy that foster care training costs be
allocated proportionately between the IV-E foster care program and other
programs, (2) adherence to this cost-sharing policy, and (3) the effect
of cost sharing on states' training programs.  GAO also provides data on
changes in funding for title IV-B, section 426 of the Social Security
Act, which provides child welfare grants to institutions of higher
learning.  GAO further discusses the number and qualifications of HHS'
Children's Bureau staff who run child welfare programs.

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 REPORTNUM:  HRD-94-7
     TITLE:  Foster Care: Federal Policy on Title IV-E Share of Training 
             Costs
      DATE:  11/03/93
   SUBJECT:  Child care programs
             Foster children
             Educational programs
             Federal aid to states
             Human resources training
             Federal/state relations
             State-administered programs
             Education or training costs
             Cost sharing (finance)
             Aid to families with dependent children
IDENTIFIER:  AFDC
             Title IV-E Foster Care Program
             
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