Policy Research Articles and Reports

Articles from Adoption Subsidy Advocates:

• Ohio Puts Revised Title IV-E Rules into Effect (January 2007)
• Senate Bill 27: Strengthening Provisions for Disclosure of Information to Prospective Adoptive Parents in Ohio (March 2002)
• Federal Children's Bureau Corrects Policy on Children Relinquished to Private Agencies (January 2002)
• Sanders v. Georgia Department Of Human Resources: Georgia Court Overrules State's Blanket Policy Against Retroactive Adoption Assistance Payments (October 2001)

• Alsdorf v. Department Of Human Resources: Nevada Court Rules that Uniform Policy Against All Retroactive Adoption Assistance Benefits is a Violation of Constitutional Due Process (September 2000)

• Barczynski, Gruzinski: Two Adoptive Families Win Appeals in Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court (July 1999)

• Responses to Title IV-E Adoption Assistance Policy Issues by Deputy Commissioner Carol Williams, June 1999

• Schmidt v. the State of Nebraska Department of Social Services: Delay without Accountability (February 1999)

• Interstate Placements and the Rights of Adoptive Families Under the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 (February 1999)

• Hogan v. Vermont Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services: Vermont Supreme Court Decision Affirms A Child's Eligibility for Federal Adoption Assistance on Grounds That He Would Have Qualified for SSI (December 1998)

Reports:

• Forever Families: Support for Families of Children with Special Needs (PDF format)
  A policy analysis by the North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC) of adoption subsidy programs in the Unived States; issued in July 2002.