The Education Exchange: You Think States Are Stealing Funds from Orphans? Think Again.

The compelling narrative about fraud at state welfare agencies turns out to be false

Photo of Emily Putnam-HornsteinEmily Putnam-Hornstein, the John A. Tate Distinguished Professor for Children in Need at the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss how funds are distributed to foster children in the United States.

No, States Aren’t “Stealing” from Foster Children,” co-written with Naomi Schaefer Riley, is available now at AEI.

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