Source: CORNELL UNIVERSITY submitted to NRP
SPECIAL NEEDS ADOPTION IN NEW YORK STATE
Sponsoring Institution
State Agricultural Experiment Station
Project Status
COMPLETE
Funding Source
STATE
Reporting Frequency
Annual
Accession No.
0184281
Grant No.
(N/A)
Cumulative Award Amt.
(N/A)
Proposal No.
(N/A)
Multistate No.
(N/A)
Project Start Date
Oct 1, 1999
Project End Date
Sep 30, 2004
Grant Year
(N/A)
Program Code
[(N/A)]- (N/A)
Recipient Organization
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
(N/A)
ITHACA,NY 14853
Performing Department
POLICY ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT
Non Technical Summary
(N/A)
Animal Health Component
(N/A)
Research Effort Categories
Basic
100%
Applied
(N/A)
Developmental
(N/A)
Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)Subject of Investigation (SOI)Field of Science (FOS)Percent
80360203080100%
Knowledge Area
803 - Sociological and Technological Change Affecting Individuals, Families, and Communities;

Subject Of Investigation
6020 - The family and its members;

Field Of Science
3080 - Sociology;
Goals / Objectives
The objectives of the study are to identify system's barriers to adoptive placement of special needs children in New York and to document the service and financial support of children through the permanency planning process.
Project Methods
The study uses multiple approaches. Administrative data are used to track children's movement through the system and to predict time to termination of parental rights and adoption, the impact of photolisting services on the probability of adoptive placement, and to examine variation in foster care and adoptive subsidies around the state. Data from a random sample of adoptive parents in New York State are used to examine the characteristics of families who adopt special needs children and the sequential nature of the adoptive process.

Progress 10/01/99 to 09/30/04

Outputs
New York State administrative data from the Department of Family and Children's services were used to examine the impact of social services case loads on timeliness in the achievement of adoption goals for children in foster care in New York State. Hazard models were estimated to determine the impact of country resources and work load characteristics on the time from entry into the system to termination of parental rights and time to adoption.

Impacts
Results of these studies are currently being used at the state and local level to examine "best adoption practices" in New York State.

Publications

  • Avery, R. J. & Rowe, E. 2001. The impact of county caseloads and resources on timeliness in the achievement of adoption placement. Working paper.
  • Avery, R. J. & Rowe, E. 2001. Timeliness in the achievement of termination of parental rights. Working paper.


Progress 01/01/00 to 12/31/00

Outputs
New York State administrative data from the Department of Family and Children's services are now being used to examine the impact of social services case loads on timeliness in the achievement of adoption goals for children in foster care in New York State. Hazard models are being estimated to determine the impact of country resources and work load characteristics on the time from entry into the system to termination of parental rights and time to adoption.

Impacts
Results of these studies are currently being used at the state and local level to examine "best adoption practices" in New York State.

Publications

  • Avery, R. J. & Rowe, E. (2001). The impact of county caseloads and resources on timeliness in the achievement of adoption placement. Working paper.
  • Avery, R. J. & Rowe, E. (2001). Timeliness in the achievement of termination of parental rights. Working paper.