Erin Black, Myron Freeman, Tumai Burris, "Line Item and Boilerplate Summary: Family Independence Agency," p. 1. Lansing: House Fiscal Agency, December 2002.
Act No. 519, Public Acts of 2002, p. 1.
U.S. Census Bureau web site, "Profile of General Demographic Statistics," accessible on the Internet at http://censtats.census.gov/data/MI/04026.pdf.
Ibid.
Ibid.
Ibid.
The Skillman Center web site, "From A Child’s Perspective," accessible on the Internet at http://www.skillmancenter.culma.wayne.edu/Children%20and%20Policy.htm.
Negative Population Growth web page, "NPG State Facts," accessible on the Internet at http://www.npg.org/states/mi.htm.
Don Mathews, "The Free Market Lifts All Boats,"The Chalcedon Report, June 1997, accessible on the Internet at http://www.chalcedon.edu/report/97jun/mathews.shtml.
Goodwill Industries of West Michigan web page, "Employment and Training Services," accessible on the Internet at http://www.goodwillwm.org/.
Angel Fire web site, "Available Resources to Help Defray or Cover the Expense of Adoptions," accessible on the Internet at http://www.angelfire.com/journal/adoptionhelp/adopthelp.html.
Michigan Family Independence Agency web site, "Support Services," accessible on the Internet at https://www.michigan.gov/fia/0,1607,7-124-5452_7116-22559--,00.html.
Family Independence Agency web site, "Support Services."
Policy Analysis Program Evaluation Division Budget, p.6.
Policy Analysis Program Evaluation Division, p. 16.
Policy Analysis Program Evaluation Division Budget, p. 20.