Decrease in Foster
Care Popilation
(Children's Bureau, 2012) (dec 30, 1977 – jan 16, 1984)
Description:
During the early 1980s, the number of children in the U.S. foster care system declined by approximately 45 percent, from 502,000 in 1977 to 276,000 in 1984. This decline is generally attributed to the provisions of (and permanency planning philosophy behind) the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980.
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