Scarcella, C. A., Bess, R., Zielewski, E. H., & Green, R.2015-04-242015-04-242006Scarcella, C. A., Bess, R., Zielewski, E. H., & Green, R. (2006). The cost of protecting vulnerable children V: Understanding state variation in child welfare financing. Washington, DC: Urban Institutehttp://webarchive.urban.org/publications/311314.htmlhttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/2231This survey was the fifth in a series analyzing states' financing of child welfare activities. The methodology was the same as previous rounds of the survey. In April 2005, we mailed the survey to each state child welfare director. Urban Institute staff conducted extensive phone, facsimile, and e-mail follow-up with each state to ensure data were properly interpreted. We received survey responses from 48 states and the District of Columbia. For the purposes of this paper, the District of Columbia is treated as a state.en-USchild welfarecostsstateseconomic impactsurveyArticle