How Do States Spend Child Welfare Funds?

Child welfare is a general term used to describe the wide range of services provided to families who are in danger of having children removed from the home due to abuse or neglect, or are services for children who have been removed from the home. These services can include out-of-home placement in a congregate care or home setting, adoption assistance payments, family reunification, independent living services, and protective services. In general, the goal of most child welfare systems is to keep children in their home and when that is not possible, to reunify the child with their family . . .