As economic resources are correlated with child maltreatment, the authors find that state TANF policies that restrict access to benefits yield significant increases in neglect victims,
total foster care placements, and foster care placements for reasons of neglect.
The authors' findings suggest that additional research using data that capture the nuances of maltreatment should be used to investigate the relationships among TANF policies, child maltreatment, and foster care placement.
Read all the findings from this study and additional research about TANF and income supports in the December 2023 issue of Health Affairs.
Today in Forefront, Amy Finkelstein and coauthors discuss recent research that found patients with access to medical expertise—that is, who are themselves physicians or whose relatives are physicians—are less likely
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