The relationship between child welfare financing,screening, and substantiation |
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| Institution: | 1. Indiana University Northwest, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, 3400 Broadway, Gary, IN 46408, United States;2. Department of Public Administration, Korea University, 145 Anam-Ro, Seongbuk-Gu, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea;1. Department for Management of Science and Technology Development, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam;2. Faculty of Pharmacy, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam;3. ASEAN Institute for Health Development, Mahidol University, Salaya, Phutthamonthon, Nakhon Pathom 73170, Thailand;4. Institute for Health and Society, Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea;1. School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand;2. Physiotherapist, South Africa;3. University of the Witwatersrand, 1 Jan Smuts Avenue, Braamfontein, 2000, Johannesburg, South Africa;1. Department of Education Policy and Leadership, The Education University of Hong Kong, 10 Lo Ping Road, Tai Po, NT, Hong Kong;2. Department of Early Childhood Education, The Education University of Hong Kong, 10 Lo Ping Road, Tai Po, NT, Hong Kong;1. Child Welfare and Well-Being Research Unit, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, United States;2. Columbia University School of Social Work, New York, NY, United States;3. University of Houston School of Social Work, Houston, TX, United States;4. Columbia University Middle East Research Center, Amman, Jordan;5. Social Work, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States;1. School of Law, Handong Global University, Heunghaeeup, Pohang, Gyeongbuk 791-708, Republic of Korea;2. School of Counseling Psychology and Social Welfare, Handong Global University, Heunghaeeup, Pohang, Gyeongbuk 791-708, Republic of Korea |
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| Abstract: | This study examines the relationship between state-level child welfare spending and two important decision points in the child welfare system: the decision to screen out a referral and the decision to substantiate. The model is estimated using a pooled fractional probit estimator that controls for year effects and state-level clustering. The findings suggest that decreases in state-level child welfare expenditures predict increases in the proportion of referrals that are screened out and decreases in the proportion of maltreatment claims that are substantiated. The results are robust to the inclusion of caseload and federal spending as control variables, to the exclusion of states known to have changed their screening or funding practices during the sample period, and to the use of combined state and local child welfare expenditures as an explanatory variable in lieu of state-level child welfare expenditures. The findings imply that the amount of money a state spends on child welfare may influence important decisions in the child welfare process. |
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