United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Health, Education, and Human Services Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1995-05-26 monographic deposited born digital 42 p. GA 1.13:HEHS-95-114 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-95-114 P0b002ee18038427e f:he95114 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-HEHS-95-114 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-HEHS-95-114 HEHS-95-114 Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome Foster children Health care services Federal/state relations Child custody State-administered programs Disease detection or diagnosis Drug abuse Parents Immunization services AFDC Aid to Families with Dependent Children Program Los Angeles County (CA) New York (NY) Philadelphia County (PA) Medicaid Program New York California Pennsylvania AIDS Letter Report HEHS Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the health-related services needed and received by young children in foster care, focusing on: (1) the relationship between the receipt of health-related services and foster care placements with relatives versus placements with nonrelatives; and (2) how responsible agencies are ensuring that foster children are receiving needed health-related services.<p/>GAO found that: (1) despite foster care agency regulations requiring comprehensive routine health care, an estimated 12 percent of young foster children receive no routine health care, 34 percent receive no immunizations, and 32 percent have some identified health needs that are not met; (2) an estimated 78 percent of young foster children are at high risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as a result of parental drug abuse, yet only about 9 percent of foster children are tested for HIV; (3) young foster children placed with relatives receive fewer health-related services than children placed with nonrelative foster parents, possibly since relative caregivers receive less monitoring and assistance from caseworkers; (4) the number of young children placed with relatives increased 379 percent between 1986 and 1991, which resulted in the lower likelihood of these children receiving services associated with kinship care; and (5) the Department of Health and Human Services has not designated any technical assistance to assist states with health-related programs for foster children and does not audit states' compliance with health-related safeguards for foster children. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-95-114/html/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-95-114.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-95-114/pdf/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-95-114.pdf GAO/HEHS-95-114 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-95-114 Letter Report GAO/HEHS-95-114; Foster Care: Health Needs of Many Young Children Are Unknown and Unmet; Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome Foster children Health care services Federal/state relations Child custody State-administered programs Disease detection or diagnosis Drug abuse Parents Immunization services AFDC Aid to Families with Dependent Children Program Los Angeles County (CA) New York (NY) Philadelphia County (PA) Medicaid Program New York California Pennsylvania AIDS Public Law 96-272 Public Law 101-239