effects of welfare reform

[Cynthia Blanchard <blanchardcj@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am looking for resources about the possible impact of welfare reform
on child abuse and neglect, foster care, and adoption.  One specific
area in which I am interested is whether foster care has become or is
becoming the safety net as TANF payments end for families, as had been
initially predicted.  I am interested in both studies that have been
done in these areas and in any available data sets that might have some
information about this.

Cynthia Blanchard Kittle
Dept. of Sociology and Social Work
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28692