Number: RL33155
Title: Child Welfare: Foster Care and Adoption Assistance Provisions in the Budget Reconciliation Bills
Authors: Emilie. Stoltzfus, Domestic Social Policy Division 
Abstract: On February 8, 2006, President Bush signed the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 into law (P.L. 109-171). As enacted, the Deficit Reduction Act includes two child welfare provisions intended to reduce federal foster care spending under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act. Those provisions, sometimes called the Rosales provision and candidates provision, respectively, would 1) clarify individual eligibility for federal foster care and adoption assistance programs (Title IV-E of the Social Security Act); and 2) limit certain kinds of state claims for federal reimbursement of administrative costs under the federal foster care program. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated that together, these changes will reduce federal spending under the foster care program by $554 million over five years, and by almost $1.3 billion over 10 years.
Pages: 15
Date: October 18, 2006