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From Center for Law and Social Policy:
The Bush Administration's 2008 budget proposal talks about a goal of increasing services and supports for children, but its budget recommendations go in the opposite direction.
This brief focuses on the Administration's "Child Welfare Program Option," offering a summary of what is known about the proposal and the concerns and questions CLASP has about the approach suggested.
Over the last decade, between 875,000 and one million children have been found to be abused or neglected each year. This startling figure does not even acknowledge the millions of children who are abused and neglected but never reported.
There is growing consensus that the child welfare system must be reformed---that children and their families need a broader range of services and supports.
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Posted on February 14, 2007 09:31 PM
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