Reasonable Efforts
Part II
1. Written testimony of George Miller, Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, April 4, 1990. p. 37.
2. Dana Mack, The Assault on Parenthood: How Our Culture Undermines the Family, (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997) p. 57. 3. Nicole Gaouette, "Child Welfare Systems as 'Neglected' as the Kids it Serves," Las Vegas Sun, (April 5, 1996); Nicole Gaouette, "A System as 'Neglected' as the Kids it Serves," Christian Science Monitor, (February 21, 1996). 4. United States Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Angela R. and Carrie G. v. Bill Clinton and Terry Yamauchi, Decision, No. 92-2459, July 13, 1993.5. Written Testimony of Marcia Robinson Lowry, Child Welfare Programs, hearing, Subcommittee on Oversight of the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, January 23, 1995.
6. Lynn Smith, "Children's Aid System Gets Mixed Marks From Clients," Los Angeles Times, (February 27, 1996) 7. Legislative Division of Post Audit, Kansas Legislature, Verifying Information Provided by the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services On Its Compliance With the Terms of the Foster Care Lawsuit Settlement Agreement, executive summary, monitoring report 4, July 1996.
See also the Legislative Division of Post Audit for additional performance audits.
8. William Eggers, Knight-Ridder News Service, "There's Hope for Foster Care System," as reported in Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Washington, (May 25, 1997); Muneera Naseer, "Jury Still Out on Privatization of Foster Care and Adoption," Topeka Capital-Journal, (April 10, 1997); see also generally Legislative Division of Post Audit, Kansas Legislature, Reviewing the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services' Efforts to Privatize Government Services, Report 97PA49, March 1997.
9. Written Testimony of Marcia Robinson Lowry, Foster Care, Child Welfare, and Adoption Reforms, Joint Hearings before the Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation of the Committee on Ways and Means and the Select Committee on Children, Youth and Families, U.S. House of Representatives, April 13 and 28, May 12, 1988.
10. Greensboro News & Record, "State Criticizes Record-Keeping on Foster Care," (April 13, 1996)
11. United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit,
Baby Neal v. Casey, decision, No. 94-1381, December 15, l994.12. United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit,
LaShawn A. v. Sharon Pratt Kelly, decision, Docket No. 91-7159, April 16, 1993.13. Chapin Hall Center for Children, University of Chicago, Child Abuse and Neglect Proceedings in Illinois Jurisdictions Outside Cook County: A Descriptive Report, May 1997. Available in
Text or in Word Perfect format.14. National Child Welfare Resource Center for Management and Administration, University of Southern Maine, Arizona Case Review: Final Report, June 1994.
15. Statement of George Miller, Amendments to Social Services, Foster Care, and Child Welfare Programs, hearing, Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation of the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, March 22 and 27, 1979. pp. 23 - 24.
16. John M. Hagedorn, Forsaking Our Children: Bureaucracy and Reform in the Child Welfare System, (Chicago: Lake View Press, 1995). All references in this section drawn from pp. 36 - 37.
17. Leroy Pelton, For Reasons of Poverty: A Critical Analysis Of The Public Child Welfare System In The United States, (New York: Praeger, 1989) p. 75
18. Leroy Pelton, p. 25.
19.
Opening remarks of George Miller, Continuing Crisis in Foster Care: Issues and Problems, hearing, Select Committee on Children, Youth and Families of the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, April 22, 1987.20. Justin Matlick, Pacific Research Institute,
Fifteen Years of Failure: An Assessment of California's Child Welfare System, March 1997.21. 1992-93 Santa Clara County Grand Jury, Final Report,
Investigation: Department Of Family And Children's Services.22. Cindy Perry, correspondence to Norman W. Hickey re: "Creation of a separate children's department," December 20, 1990.
23. George F. Bailey, correspondence to San Diego County Board of Supervisors re: "Choice point flow chart of the child abuse responce system and a conference on children and families," November 5, 1991.
24. Victoria Benning and Diego Ribadeneira, "DDS Wrong to Remove 'Mikey'," Boston Globe, (February 12, 1993)
25. Renny Golden, Disposable Children: America's Child Welfare System, (Belmont, Ca.: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1997) p. 162.
26. Renny Golden, p. 48.
27. Conna Craig, "What I Need is a Mom: The Welfare State Denies Homes to Thousands of Foster Children," Policy Review, Summer 1995.
28. Dana Mack, pp. 72 - 73.
29. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Program Instruction,
Obligation and Liquidation of Funds.30. United States District Court, Northern District of California, civil complaint,
Laurie Q. v. Donna Shalala and Contra Costa County.31. Testimony of Douglas L. Wilder, Close to home: "Community-based mental health services for children,", hearing, Select Committee on Children, Youth and Families, U.S. House of Representatives, April 29, 1991. p. 15.
32. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General,
Review of Rising Costs in the Emergency Assistance Program, Audit A-01-95-02503, October 6, 1995.33. John Sharp, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Texas Performance Review, Disturbing the Peace, Chapter 2: Health and Human Services,
HHS 33: Maximize Federal Revenues for Health and Human Services.34. Tim Novak, "Foster Care Funds Diverted," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, (February 15, 1993)
35. Dana Mack, pp. 72 - 73. See note 2.
36. Foster Care, Child Welfare, and Adoption Reforms, Joint Hearings before the Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation of the Committee on Ways and Means and the Select Committee on Children, Youth and Families, U.S. House of Representatives, April 13 and 28, May 12, 1988. p. 39.
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