Y 4. W36:101-90 FEDERALLY FUNDED CHILD WELFARE, FOSTER 31-744 HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS ONE HUNDRED FIRST CONGRESS SECOND SESSION APRIL 4 AND 5, 1990 Serial 101-90 Printed for the use of the Committee on Ways and Means For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office GOVT DOCUM COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS DAN ROSTENKOWSKI, Illinois, Chairman SAM M. GIBBONS, Florida J.J. PICKLE, Texas CHARLES B. RANGEL, New York THOMAS J. DOWNEY, New York FRANK J. GUARINI, New Jersey DON J. PEASE, Ohio ROBERT T. MATSUI, California BENJAMIN L. CARDIN, Maryland BILL ARCHER, Texas GUY VANDER JAGT, Michigan BILL FRENZEL, Minnesota DICK SCHULZE, Pennsylvania BILL GRADISON, Ohio WILLIAM M. THOMAS, California ROD CHANDLER, Washington CONTENTS U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Administration for Children, Youth, and Families, Hon. Wade F. Horn, Commissioner, and Joseph Mottola, Deputy Commissioner....... Office of the Inspector General, Richard P. Kusserow, Inspector General, Page 193 Coler, Gregory L., Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitation Services, National Commission on Child Welfare and Family Preservation, American Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitation Services, Gregory L. Coler ... Hardin, Mark, Center on Children and the Law, American Bar Association Juvenile Law Center, Philadelphia, PA, Robert G. Schwartz...... Kroll, Joe, North American Council on Adoptable Children Miller, Hon. George, a Representative in Congress from the State of Califor- nia, and Chairman, Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families.. National Association of Homes for Children, Brenda Russell Nordlinger National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, Hon. W. Donald Nordlinger, Brenda Russell, National Association of Homes for Children 99 90 Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, John F. White, Jr.. 75 Reader, Hon. W. Donald, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court 245 Schwartz, Robert G. Juvenile Law Center, Philadelphia, PA 266 151 White, John F., Jr., Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, American SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD Arizona Supreme Court, William L. McDonald, statement.. Angoniotti, Cynthia L., New Castle, PA, statement Beech Brook Spaulding Adoption Program, Cleveland, OH, John C. Cowles, letter 313 314 324 325 Bohnstedt, Loulla, New Castle, PA, statement 326 Bryan, Barbara H., National Pro-VOCAL Council, Inc. and VOCAL-Virginia, 390 Connecticut Department of Children and Youth Services, Amy B. Wheaton, statement. 327 Conner, Marli, Cortland, OH, letter. 333 Cosgrove, Elisa Marie, Merriam, KS, letter and attachments 336 Cowles, John C., Beech Brook Spaulding Adoption Program, Cleveland, OH, letter 325 Darnell, Hon. Riley C., Tennessee General Assembly, Select Committee on 387 DeBerry, Hon. Lois M., Tennessee General Assembly, Select Committee on 387 Emmanuel United Methodist Church, Parent Support Group, New Castle, PA, 359 Glynn, Carolyn, Miami, FL, statement.. 355 Holland, Carolyn C., Emmanuel United Methodist Church, Parent Support 359 Institute on Community Integration, University of Minnesota, K. Charlie 361 McDonald, William L., Arizona Supreme Court, statement. 314 Mills, Luella, New Castle, PA, statement. 365 National Association of State VOCAL Organizations, Orangevale, CA, Lesley 366 National Pro-VOCAL Council, Inc. and VOCAL-Virginia, Inc., Barbara H. 390 Ohio Adoption Planning Group, Subsidy Task Force, Ellen G. Satre, statement.... 370 Ohio Department of Human Services, Family, Children and Adult Services, 371 Pfoltzer, Daniel S., Alexandria, VA, letter and attachments. 379 Purcell, Hon. Bill, Tennessee General Assembly, Select Committee on Children and Youth, joint statement...... 387 Satre, Ellen G., Ohio Adoption Planning Group, Subsidy Task Force, state ment... 370 Schwertfager, David W., Ohio Department of Human Services, Family, Children and Adult Services, statement. 371 Stacy, Lynn, Cincinnati, OH, statement...... 383 385 Tennessee General Assembly, Select Committee on Children and Youth, Hon. ment.. VOCAL-Virginia, Inc., and National Pro-VOCAL Council, Inc., Barbara H. Wiech, Robert A. and Helen H., Stafford, VA, joint letter and attachments..... 387 390 Wheaton, Amy B., Connecticut Department of Children and Youth Services, statement. 327 398 366 FEDERALLY FUNDED CHILD WELFARE, FOSTER CARE, AND ADOPTION ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1990 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:15 a.m, in room B-318, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Thomas J. Downey (acting chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. [The press release announcing the hearings follows:] |