adolescents involved with child welfare‚ especially those who are removed from their family of origin and placed in out-of-home care‚ often present with complex and serious physical‚ mental health‚ developmental‚ and psychosocial problems rooted in childhood adversity and trauma. As such‚ they are designated as children with special health care needs. There are many barriers to providing high-quality comprehensive health care services to children and adolescents whose lives are characterized by transience
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Foster Care What is foster care and why would kids be placed in it? Foster Care is where minors are placed in a temporary home with a foster parent or parents. The placement is run through the government or a social service agency. “Most kids go into foster care or go to a foster family because his or her mom or dad has a problem with drugs or alcohol.” (“Foster Care”).“Other children are removed from their homes due to abuse or neglect and placed in Foster Care.” (“The Future of Children”). People
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Foster Care System: Children without families SOC 331: Social Justice and Ethics Bernie Colon November 14‚ 2011 Raising children is one of the most important responsibilities in any society. Today‚ working parents have many options‚ but what about those children who have neither a mother nor father? What about those children who come from broken and abusive homes? In such cases there are often few choices. Parentless children may be placed in orphanages or in foster homes. Ideally‚ foster care
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Foster Care: A Social Injustice The United States foster care system is classified as a social injustice in the following ways: * Once a child in foster care turns 18‚ they age out of the system. This means that they no longer receive help from Child Protective Services. (CPS) * Children in foster care are often treated unfairly because of their background and health problems. Many children end up in shelters or foster homes that don’t take care of them. * Biological parents of foster
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health services. Children in the foster care system represent a significant amount of people that require mental health services throughout the county. These children are a concern because they are at high risk for behavioral health problems and are considered a vulnerable population. When it comes to economic issues‚ Medicaid and foster care children researchers have stressed the significance of interpretation for expenditures and services. “ Children in foster care account for a disproportionate
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that shit off." I heard James Kennedy‚ my foster father‚ yell. I quickly stopped my alarm and got up to walk downstairs. While walking down the stairs i slipped and fell straight on my ass bone. "Why can’t you even walk down the stairs correctly." My foster father muttered while walking to the kitchen. I finally gathered myself together and walked into the kitchen. My foster father sat at the table reading the newspaper. "Look at this mexican f*g." My foster father said pointing to a photo of a man
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Over the past two decades‚ specialized courts have resulted‚ according to Quinn (2009)‚ in response to‚ the “problem solving court” movement (As cited in Cole and Getz‚ 2013). Such courts‚ Quinn (2009) noted‚ have come to focus on social concerns such as‚ addiction‚ domestic violence‚ and mental health issues‚ and have come to asset that such courts have cured addiction‚ addressed issues of intimate violence‚ prevented recidivism‚ reduced costs‚ and implied that they have even saved lives (As cited
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year more that 20‚000 children will “age out” of foster care. These youth face extreme obstacles including the expectation that they are now adults and able to self-manage out in the world. Many of us are lucky enough to be raised by supportive parents who we can turn to long after the age of 18 for encouragement‚ reassurance and direction in our lives. The majority of these children have not finished high school and are unemployed. How can we expect them to go out into the world without the tools they
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History of Foster Care in the U.S.: Foster care is the home placement of children living in situations considered to be in an at risk environment. Abuse and neglect are usually the main causes for the removal of a child from the home. Change of home care is generally intended for temporary purposes to for the primary care giver to regain stability. Provisional interference is the initial intent when removing a child from the home but isn ’t always the result depending on the severity of exposure
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wondering “why me?”‚ “what did i ever do to get myself here?” Well‚ the kids in foster care have. They never know what type of home they’ll be put into‚ who will live there‚ but one thing for sure is that the feeling of emptiness never goes away. They are basically living their whole life in rejection and we get upset when the person we like rejects us. There are dozens of crimes that can happen to a child in foster care. The government needs to be more careful on who gets the kid and makes sure to
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