Brief The Cost of Protecting Vulnerable Children
Subtitle
Changes in State Funding of Child Welfare Programs 1998 - 2000
Rob Geen, Roseana Bess
Display Date
File
File
Download Report
(97.29 KB)

This 50-state map highlights the percent change in state spending on abused and neglected children between state fiscal years 1998 and 2000. All but six states increased spending on child welfare during that period. Five states increased spending by more than 40 percent.
Research Areas Social safety net Taxes and budgets Children and youth Child welfare
Tags State programs, budgets Child welfare State and local tax issues