Third party payees must be put on notice that they have fiduciary obligations and will be punished for violations of those duties. Eliminate Barriers to Interstate Adoption. Licensing requirements should be standardized across the United States. Medicaid benefits for special needs children should be portable in all fifty states. Case Loads for Social Workers in Should Be Limited.
Caseworkers can effectively handle about fifteen children at one time.
Nationally caseworkers average forty to fifty children. Their case load is exacerbated by unnecessary court delays and regulatory paperwork. Each supervisor adds burdens to the caseworker but avoids responsibility by spreading the blame. There are about 600,000 children residing in the American foster care system at any given time. Between 50,000 and 100,000 of these kids are already legally free to be adopted.