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Funding Strategies
Resources provide information on how child welfare services can be funded as well as examples of how agencies structure funding for their programs, including information on collaborative funding strategies.
The Changing Landscape of Federal Child Welfare Financing: A Primer for Policymakers (PDF - 332 KB)
Christian (2006)
Discusses shifts in Federal legislation related to child welfare funding and their implications for State services to children and families.
Child Welfare Finance Reform Principles (PDF - 207 KB)
Casey Family Programs (2008)
Presents five key principles to help guide State and Federal policymakers in their decisions about how best to finance America's child welfare systems.
Creative Funding Strategies for Youth Permanence (PDF - 232 KB)
Annie E. Casey Foundation & Casey Family Services (2008)
Provides definitions of child welfare services and funding streams with charts that reflect how funding streams can support innovative permanency practice.
Financing Child Welfare: What Policies Best Protect Children? (PDF - 173 KB)
Center for Law and Social Policy (2004)
Speakers from government and nonprofit agencies discuss child welfare financing, and the financial and policy reforms that are needed to improve the child welfare system.
The New Retrenchment: Social Welfare Spending, 1977-2006 (PDF - 435 KB)
Gais & Dadayan (2008)
Shows trends in social welfare spending, including cash assistance, medical assistance, and social services, as well as major shifts in the relationship between State fiscal capacity and social welfare spending.
The Pew Commission on Children in Foster Care Recommendations: Flexible Child Welfare Financing and Reinvestment of Savings (PDF - 237 KB)
North American Council on Adoptable Children (2007)
Explains recent recommendations to increase flexibility and provide States with opportunities to reinvest savings to improve child welfare services, including State examples of flexible funding.
Spending Smarter: A Funding Guide for Policymakers and Advocates to Promote Social and Emotional Health and School Readiness
Johnson & Knitzer (2005)
Helps legislators, agency officials, families, and other advocates improve their strategic fiscal planning processes and maximize the impact of funding streams to build a coherent system of supports and services for young children and their families.
Strategic Financing: Making the Most of the State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Initiative (PDF - 107 KB)
Hayes, Flynn, & Stebbins (2004)
Presents a set of general principles to guide decisions concerning allocating and managing early childhood funds, and summarizes key steps for developing and implementing successful financing plans.
Thinking Broadly: Financing Strategies for Comprehensive Child and Family Initiatives (PDF - 2190 KB)
Hayes (2002)
Includes strategies such as making better use of existing resources, maximizing Federal and State revenue, creating more flexibility for existing funding, building public-private partnerships, and creating new, dedicated revenue streams.
Towards Better Behavioral Health for Children, Youth and Their Families: Financing That Supports Knowledge
Cooper (2008)
Provides a broad overview of funding sources for children's behavioral health services and recommends policy actions to create and sustain a more supportive Federal and State fiscal environment.
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