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The document summarizes a social policy analysis on foster care placements. It discusses the policy goal of placing children in safe homes while minimizing wait times, and how agencies can profit from more placements. There are concerns this incentive could result in children being placed in unsafe homes. It also outlines the average monthly stipend and benefits foster parents receive per child, and questions whether this is sufficient incentive for some to become foster parents. The target populations are foster parents and children, with funding and administration handled through government agencies and for-profit/non-profit placement organizations.

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Social Policy Analysis Part Three 1

Social Policy Analysis Part Three

Leah D. Hicks

University of South Carolina

3/17/2023

Chosen Policy Goals and Objectives

The specific policy that I want to focus on is the fact that the agency that places a child in

a home makes money based on how many placements they have. While I am sure the intentions

behind this policy were not to intentionally put children in danger, that is exactly what it has

done. However, the goal of the policy is to place children in safe homes while keeping the

number of foster children waiting for placement at a minimum. According to Eatough, “The

privatization of foster care, much like the privatization of other government services, has been

favored because of perceived increases in efficiency and economic effectiveness by private

providers.” Meaning, people support this policy because it is in place to decrease the time it takes

to find a placement for a child.

Relativity and Benefits

According to DePelchin Children's Center, families in Texas recieve on average $675 for

each foster child. In addition to a monthly stippend, they receive health care assistance if needed.

I totally understand the costs of needing financial assistance to provide for a child. I know it is
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expensive to raise a child, especially when that child is not biologically realted to you. However,

I think the issue comes in when people are foster parents only because of the extra money. As I

have mentioned before, People can cut corners just to get approved for foster care. A child may

be placed in an unsafe phone just because the parents want that extra money. There should be

more precautions to get approved for foster care. There should be more frequent checkins once

approved and a child is palced as well, for the child’s safety.

As I said earlier, I know there are expenses with taking in and raising a child. Instead of

writing a check to the parents, maybe put the money on a card and have the card get approved for

transactions only for the child. It breaks my heart to think there are or may be “mothers” out

there getting their nails and hair done with the money designated to the child while the child

wears the same clothes and goes hungry.

Target Population

This part is simple and straight forward. With the benefits being a financial incentive and

financial health care assistance, the people who benefit are the foster care parents and the child.

Financing and Administration

Governmental agencies are the ones that oversee placing children in foster care homes.

For profit and non-for-profit agencies can be in the running for placement for children. The

money comes from the government. The government makes contracts with these companies or

agencies to then place the child. All of the financial assistance comes from the government

because in foster care, the child belongs to the state.


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References

Eatough, M. (2018, May 9). Foster care privatization: How an increasingly popular public

policy leads to increased levels of abuse and neglect. MPSA Blog. Retrieved March 18,

2023, from https://blog.mpsanet.org/2018/05/09/foster-care-privatization-how-an-

increasingly-popular-public-policy-leads-to-increased-levels-of-abuse-and-neglect/

Relative/kinship foster care faqs. DePelchin Children's Center. (n.d.). Retrieved March 19, 2023,

from https://www.depelchin.org/relative-kinship-

faq/#:~:text=On%20average%2C%20foster%20families%20will,%24675%20per%20child

%20per%20month.

My questions

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