Citation

Becker M, Jordan N, Larsen R. Child Welf. 2006; 85(3): 633-647.

Affiliation

Louis de la Parte, Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Child Welfare League of America)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

16999388

Abstract

This article compares behavioral health service use and cost for foster care versus nonfoster care children; children before, during, and after foster care placement; and successfully reunified versus nonsuccessfully reunified foster care children. Behavioral health service costs for children in foster care were higher than for children not in foster care. Children in foster care used more services during their foster care placement than before placement and after discharge. Nonsuccessfully reunified children received a significantly larger quantity of services than those successfully reunified.

Language: en