Inter-agency Adoption and the Government’s Subsidy of the Inter-Agency Fee
This evaluation combined data for 500 children with placement orders in 2014–2016, agency-manager interviews, professional and adopter focus groups, and social-worker interviews about individual cases. It examined a subsidy intended to assist placements across agencies. The report found limited change in agency collaboration attributable to the subsidy; several changes in family-finding practice had begun before it was introduced.
Limitations: Observational evaluation during wider service changes; the subsidy’s effects cannot be isolated confidently. Evidence comes from records and adults, not direct child testimony. Parent focus groups represent parents’ perspectives; the summary concerns the system evaluation. Government-commissioned research examining adoption services for which government has policy responsibility.
- Research type
- Mixed-methods commissioned evaluation
- Source reviewed
- Full text
- Peer reviewed
- No
- Age group
- Children
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: children
Adoption context: Adoption from care / permanent family placement
Programme: Inter-agency Fee Subsidy Evaluation (2017)
Institutional context: Government / government-commissioned research
Government-commissioned research examining adoption services for which government has policy responsibility.
Relationship identified. Bibliographic relationships are not a bias or safety rating.
Topics: adoption from care, adoption system
Review scope: Source checked: Full text. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: England
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