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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(2016)‚ in West Virginia there are a couple of requirements to be considered a foster home: must be at least the age of 21 years or older‚ have a stable income without foster care assistance‚ be both physically and mentally healthy‚ being able to pass a safety and fire inspection‚ cannot have a criminal background or child abuse substantiations‚ stable family relationship‚ and ability to commit to a child. Future foster parents would have to complete PRIDE classes and complete the home study process
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The Effects of Foster Care Placement on Young Children’s Mental Health Beth Troutman‚ Ph.D.‚ Susan Ryan‚ M.A.‚ and Michelle Cardi‚ M.A. University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Introduction Young children are more likely than older children to be placed in foster care and to spend a larger proportion of their life in the foster care system (Goerge & Wulczyn‚ 1998). In a recent review of foster care in several states‚ the incidence of placement in foster care for children under age 5 was double
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David Foster Wallace In this essay I am going to do my best to give the reader the most informative explanation (within my constraints) of one of the most brilliant authors of the age‚ David Foster Wallace. He was the author of many great and insightful (at times‚ dark) works. Some of the more popular/well-known pieces being _The Broom of the System‚ Girl with Curious Hair‚ Infinite Jest‚ A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again‚ Brief Interviews with Hideous Men‚ Oblivion_‚ and finally his incomplete
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of the average foster kid. There are about 400‚000 foster kids in America‚ and all of them want to have someone love them enough to keep them (Facts about Foster Care). Many foster kids come from dangerous situations‚ such as abusive parents and every single one of them‚ whether they will admit it or not‚ wants to be loved. The foster care system does not love them. The foster care system is a last resort for many children coming from bad situations looking for love‚ and the system rarely helps to
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Foster Care Youth and School Performance The issue under review is the academic under-performance of foster care youth and the possible interventions that are available to improve school performance of foster care youth. Foster care youth are not only at risk of academic failure- they are in fact performing far behind their normative peers (Zetlin & Weinberg‚ 2003). Foster care youth are faced with many risk factors and a lack of protective factors that lead to their lower school performance
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Family Final Project Topic: Is foster care effective? Definition: Foster care is defined as care for delinquents or neglected children usually in an institution or substitute home. Children in our foster care system receive long lasting effects of abuse and neglect but in some cases the foster care system has been proven to minimize the negative results of inappropriate use of child care. Mission: To educate society and families on the long lasting effects of foster care‚ both positive and negative
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The negative effects of the system on foster children prove how the system fails to improve the lives of the kids it pledges to help and how critical it is that the government make an effort to improve foster agencies. No one would argue against how much kids need responsible adults in their lives. Most children‚ especially foster children many of whom have suffered abuse and neglect‚ need someone to keep them responsible and in line until they are old enough to mature and develop their own moral
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guardians‚ are placed in foster care in a variety of settings. They may be placed in the care of relatives other than the family members involved in the neglect or abuse (kin placement)‚ non-relatives‚ therapeutic or treatment foster care‚ or in an institution or group home. Foster care is full-time substitute care of children outside their own home by people other than their biological or adoptive parents or legal guardians. The estimated 518‚000 American children currently in foster care are among the
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Is foster care the best system to be using for the children involved? Since 1995 the amount of abuse and neglect related to foster care homes has tripled (Curtis 8). The fact that the abuse rate is so high means that this system should be improved so the children can feel more comfortable. Foster children have described their experiences as traumatizing and “the worst way to raise a child‚” with description like that it is a wonder that we as a nation would allow them to continue experiencing these
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