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Foster Care: Health Needs of Many Young Children Are Unknown and Unmet

HEHS-95-114 Published: May 26, 1995. Publicly Released: May 26, 1995.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the health-related services needed and received by young children in foster care, focusing on: (1) the relationship between the receipt of health-related services and foster care placements with relatives versus placements with nonrelatives; and (2) how responsible agencies are ensuring that foster children are receiving needed health-related services.

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AIDSChild custodyChild health servicesDisease detection or diagnosisSubstance abusestate relationsFoster childrenHealth care servicesImmunization servicesMedicaidParentsState-administered programsChild welfare