New York City to Reallocate Child Welfare Funding

OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry News New York City child welfare officials announced February 3, 2005, the proposed reallocation of funding for foster care services from foster care agencies to community-based services. The city currently pays a daily rate for each foster child. The savings from the reallocation are to be used for community-based services and to increase daily payment rates for children who remain in foster care, which average $28 per day. New York City to Reallocate Child Welfare Funding The proposed changes are to require state and federal approval, and . . .