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Illustrations Figures 1.1 Child Maltreatment 6 1.2 The Child Welfare System 7 2.1 Foster Care and IV-E Foster Care Populations, 1962–2001 27 3.1 Total Federal, State, and Local Spending on Child Welfare, 1996–2004 53 3.2 Federal, State, and Local Child Welfare Spending per Child by State, 2004 55 Tables 2.1 Federal Funding for Child Welfare Services and Foster Care Under Title IV-B and IV-E of the Social Security Act, 1981–2002. 33 3.1 Classification of Child Welfare Legislation Enacted by States 2002–4 (with examples of specific pieces of legislation in each category) 56 3.2 State and Local Spending per Child on Child Welfare 2002–4 61 3.3 Passage of Child Welfare Legislation 2002–4 64 4.1 Percentage Change in Child Welfare Spending Levels 85 4.2 Children in Out-of-Home Care 87 5.1 Child Welfare Legislation Recommended by Foster Care Interim Committee 106 5.2 Percentage Change in Child Welfare Spending Levels 108 5.3 Children in Out-of-Home Care 109 6.1 Percentage Change in Child Welfare Spending Levels 131 6.2 Number of Children in Out-of-Home Care 133 7.1 Categories of State Responses to Child Welfare Scandals 145 ix This page intentionally left blank ...

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