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Message ID: 8090
Date: 2009-03-19
Author: Radel, Laura (HHS/ASPE)
Subject: RE: child welfare research
Trudy is correct that many years ago there used to be a line item in the ACF budget for child welfare research. After several years of zero funding, the item was dropped from the budget requests. I don't recall exactly when the appropriation stopped, but believe it was in the early 1990s. The legislative authority still exists within section 426 of the Social Security Act. Most child welfare research in the ACF budget these days comes either from direct appropriations for specific studies (e.g. NSCAW, the 4th National Incidence Study on Child Abuse and Neglect, and the Chafee Program evaluation, all of which are administered as contracts by the Office for Planning, Research and Evaluation within ACF), or from two somewhat broader research authorities: (a) discretionary research and demonstration authority on child abuse and neglect authorized under section 104 of CAPTA; and (b) a set aside for research, evaluation and technical assistance that's part of the Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program (the set aside of $6 million annually appears in section 436 of the Social Security Act). Also, provisions within the now-expired authority for child welfare waiver demonstrations required evaluations, the costs of which were shared between the federal and state governments and claimed through the title IV-E program. Several of those evaluations continue, though there is no longer authority for new waiver demonstrations. There are currently no general child welfare research and evaluation funds appropriated to ACF. The only one of the authorities above that includes researcher-initiated type grants is the CAPTA authority, and that's focused on child abuse and neglect prevention and treatment and doesn't extend to foster care and adoption research. I hope this information is helpful to folks. Laura Radel Senior Social Science Analyst Division of Children and Youth Policy Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Laura.Radel@hhs.gov
Trudy is correct that many years ago there used to be a line item in the ACF budget for child welfare research. After several years of zero funding, the item was dropped from the budget requests. I don't recall exactly when the appropriation stopped, but believe it was in the early 1990s. The legislative authority still exists within section 426 of the Social Security Act. Most child welfare research in the ACF budget these days comes either from direct appropriations for specific studies (e.g. NSCAW, the 4th National Incidence Study on Child Abuse and Neglect, and the Chafee Program evaluation, all of which are administered as contracts by the Office for Planning, Research and Evaluation within ACF), or from two somewhat broader research authorities: (a) discretionary research and demonstration authority on child abuse and neglect authorized under section 104 of CAPTA; and (b) a set aside for research, evaluation and technical assistance that's part of the Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program (the set aside of $6 million annually appears in section 436 of the Social Security Act). Also, provisions within the now-expired authority for child welfare waiver demonstrations required evaluations, the costs of which were shared between the federal and state governments and claimed through the title IV-E program. Several of those evaluations continue, though there is no longer authority for new waiver demonstrations. There are currently no general child welfare research and evaluation funds appropriated to ACF. The only one of the authorities above that includes researcher-initiated type grants is the CAPTA authority, and that's focused on child abuse and neglect prevention and treatment and doesn't extend to foster care and adoption research. I hope this information is helpful to folks. Laura Radel Senior Social Science Analyst Division of Children and Youth Policy Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Laura.Radelhhs.gov
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