Indiana alters foster care pay system, By Amanda Hamon, August 23, 2011, Lafayette Journal and Courier: “An upcoming change in the way the state will handle daily payments to foster parents is raising some questions among local families. Beginning Jan. 1, foster parents will receive from the state a daily amount per child based on the child’s age and particular needs, state officials announced Friday. The tiered payment system will replace one in which the state pays parents a flat $25 per child. Under the new system, the daily payment could drop to as little as $18.25 for a child younger than 5 with minimal special needs — or rise to as high as $66.56 for a highly needy, teenage child…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty