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This volume reviews the policy reforms necessary in the United States for children's homes to become reliable solutions for many of the nation's disadvantaged and abused children. The contributors explore a variety of topics including: judicial issues; child maltreatment; the history of children's homes; regulation and funding; and solutions for reform.
The Regulation of Orphanages: A Survey and Critique
The Regulation of Orphanages: A Survey and Critique
Orphanages are subject to extensive regulation—particularly by state governments in the exercise of their licensing authority. As a result, care for children in need is “delivered through a thicket of rules and regulations that are often unnecessary, usually obstructive, and always expensive” (Jones, 1994, p. 18).1
This chapter explores the nature of these regulations and offers a starting point for considering how costly these regulations are, how effective they are, and the extent to which government regulations could be expected to impede any revival of orphanage-based child care.
To put these questions in perspective, recall that critics of the revival of orphanages often point to the relatively high costs of orphanage care ...
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