Download or read book The Cost of Protecting Vulnerable Children III written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The findings of the 2001 Urban Institute Child Welfare Survey which collected 2000 fiscal year expenditure of American states on child welfare. Expenditure is compared to previous years, and the effects of the full implementation of two federal laws, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (1996), and the Adoption and Safe Families Act (1997) on spending on child welfare is examined.