ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the data generated from the hypothesis and offer theories based upon the case state results. It describes that the federal government has increased its focus on measuring the state programs performance while simultaneously decreasing its funding of state foster care programs and offering the states little management or mentorship. The chapter examines how the federal government has increased its focus on state performance measurement in the foster care, while at the same time offering minimal management/mentorship and decreased federal funding to the states. It analyses the research on foster care found to external collaboration with community partners and mentors, the strong public managers also used collaboration and networking inside the government. The strong public managers utilize community partners and mentors to increase the effectiveness of foster care administration. This chapter explains that better foster care administration is produced by public managers who operate as principled agents to develop networks, partnerships and strategies within and outside the states.
