Survival: Exploring Strengths of Homeless Street Youth.Child & Youth Care Forum‚ 36(1)‚ 25-42.doi:10.1007/s10566-006-9029-4 Chelimsky‚ Eleanor Coates‚ J.‚ &Mckenzie-Mohr‚ S. (2010).Out of the frying pan‚ into the fire: Trauma in the Lives of Homeless Youth Prior to and During Homelessness.Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare‚ 37(4)‚ 65-96. Dworsky‚ A.‚ & Courtney‚ M. E. (2009).Homelessness and the transition from foster care to Adulthood.Child Welfare‚ 88(4)‚ 23-56. Fowler‚ P. J.‚ Toro‚ P
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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 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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who are removed from their biological or adoptive parents‚ or other legal 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
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Social workers have played a vital role in foster care since foster care for children was created. Ensuring that every child has the opportunity to live in a happy and safe environment is the foundation of what foster care stands for. According to Bruskas (2008)‚ the term foster care refers to all out-of-home placements for children that have been removed from the home of their parents. These children may be placed in the certified foster home of a non-relative‚ within the home of relatives‚ or
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color suffer due to the state of crisis in the U.S child welfare system. “Data have shown that children of color are disproportionately represented in the child welfare system in the United States” (). Close to 32 percent of children placed in group homes are African American‚ about 15 percent of the U.S. population in foster care is under the age of 18. American Indian children made up one percent of the child population in foster care. There are many controversial issues as to why there are a substantial
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in the care of local authorities on 31st March 2015 and that number is said to be growing and when I child id taken into care then the responsibility of local authority to look after a child Physical‚ intellectual‚ emotional and social needs within the family home as stated by the Children’s Act 1989 and 2004. However‚ there can be times where this is not possible and the local authority like social workers and other bodies will then have to step in and protect the child and place a care order on
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Blood‚ starvation and depression: would you want to experience these if you were a foster child? Imagine being slapped by your caretaker and getting dragged across a hardwood floor getting splinters just for making a small mistake as a kid. During his horrific foster care experience‚ Jennings was put through quite a few abusive institutions and homes‚ such as living with a poor family named the Carpenters. Instead of looking for an experience raising a child‚ the Carpenters were just looking to
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one-on-one attention. They need those personal interactions (Of course all children need some amount of one-on-one attention but certain children need more of it than others). If you have other children in the home you may need to make plans to have some alone time with each child‚ paying attention to those that really thrive in that situation. Other children
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from institutional care is warranted given the benefits it provides. Description: The stigma associated with orphanages has lead policymakers in the United States to discourage the use of these institutional care facilities. The Social Security Act of 1935 authorized the first federal grants for child welfare services. Since then‚ the federal government has continued to encourage states to adopt Foster Care as their main child welfare system. The policies encouraging Foster Care are in large part
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