Children's Bureau Essay
In 1904, Mrs. E.K. Foster who was a Los Angeles community leader wanted to vouch for vulnerable children and formed a volunteer group, which successfully advocates for legislation to protect children. In 1920, Children's Bureau was a vital partner in starting the community chest, which is now known as the United Way. Children's Bureau began to recruit and train foster parents and established its own training program from social workers. The agency becomes one of the first professional providers of foster care in the nation. 10 years later Children's Bureau opens their first shelter for homeless and abused children. They also played a key role in establishing the USC School of Social Work. In 1940, with World War II, Children's Bureau expanded
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In the 1960's, unadoptable children become the focus of Children's Bureau's pilot program to provide therapeutic foster care treatment and adoption services for children with special needs. Later in 1970, Children's Bureau implemented a program of therapeutic group-home care for abused children who cannot be helped through foster care.
Thereafter, in 1980 Children's Bureau launched an advanced prevention and family development program to address the problem of child abuse through in-home counseling and parent education classes. To support this program, the agency developed a nationally recognized evaluation tool to help counselors objectively assess family functioning and plan treatment. Children's Bureau's work in prevention and evaluating family functioning attracts the interest of professional researchers, and with funding provided by a major foundation, research on home-based prevention services is undertaken. Children's Bureau's successes in the critical battle to prevent child abuse results in an invitation to locate services in Orange County. In the 1990's, Children's Bureau identifies parent education and community support systems as two dynamic strategies in the arsenal to prevent child abuse and initiates a focus such that 50% of its program efforts are with newborns to three-year-olds. The agency launches
In the 1960's, unadoptable children become the focus of Children's Bureau's pilot program to provide therapeutic foster care treatment and adoption services for children with special needs. Later in 1970, Children's Bureau implemented a program of therapeutic group-home care for abused children who cannot be helped through foster care.
Thereafter, in 1980 Children's Bureau launched an advanced prevention and family development program to address the problem of child abuse through in-home counseling and parent education classes. To support this program, the agency developed a nationally recognized evaluation tool to help counselors objectively assess family functioning and plan treatment. Children's Bureau's work in prevention and evaluating family functioning attracts the interest of professional researchers, and with funding provided by a major foundation, research on home-based prevention services is undertaken. Children's Bureau's successes in the critical battle to prevent child abuse results in an invitation to locate services in Orange County. In the 1990's, Children's Bureau identifies parent education and community support systems as two dynamic strategies in the arsenal to prevent child abuse and initiates a focus such that 50% of its program efforts are with newborns to three-year-olds. The agency launches