Foster Youth: HHS Actions Could Improve Coordination of Services and Monitoring of States' Independent Living Programs

[摘要] A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "To improve outcomes for youth leaving foster care, Congress passed the Foster Care Independence Act of 1999 (FCIA), which increased the allocation of federal funds for independent living programs from $70 million to $140 million. This report reviews (1) how states' funding allocations changed to serve youth after FCIA, (2) the extent to which states have expanded services and age groups of foster youth served since the passage of FCIA and what challenges remain, (3) the extent to which states have used other federal and state programs to coordinate the delivery of services to foster youth, and (4) how the states and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have fulfilled the program accountability provisions of the law and assessed the effectiveness of independent living services."

[发布日期] 2004-11-18 [发布机构] United States. Government Accountability Office.

[关键词] Government accountability -- United States.;worker and family assistance;foster youth;letter report