Law Profile Paper Mary J Blige HSM/230 Angela Murray August 13‚ 2012 In the human services field you are constantly working with many different individuals for various reasons. When working with others and their situations they are many laws that have to be abided by to assure that their personal information and safety is protected. One particular act that we have learned about during the last couple weeks was the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
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Ethics and Aristotle A married couple‚ both addicted to drugs‚ is unable to care for their infant daughter. She is taken from them by court order and placed in a foster home. The years passed. She comes to regard her foster parents as her real parents. They love her as they would their own daughter. When the child is 9 years old‚ the natural parents‚ rehabilitated from drugs‚ begin court action to regain custody. The case is decided in their favor. The child is returned to them‚ against her
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In 2004‚ over 517‚000 children were put into foster care. Out of this number‚ at least one-fifth of these children were removed from their homes due to some sort of violence and child maltreatment(Babel‚ 2011). To these young children‚ their lives revolve around their parent(s) or the adult-figure in their life. The child depends on them for love and affection‚ but in some cases‚ the love and affection in not returned. Childhood abuse and neglect can happen in various situations for various reasons
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through a rough patch in life‚ someone may notice and come to terms with things about themselves that they didn’t come to grips with before. In other words‚ “In times of adversity or hardship‚ one’s true character is revealed.” In Ellen Foster‚ a book about a young foster child by Kaye Gibbons‚ Ellen faces many challenges. These challenges include the suicide of her mother‚ the abuse and unavoidable death of her father‚ and rejection from family members which led her to be moved from home to home. In
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2013 Teacher: Ms.Adair Lesson:01.08 REVIEW QUESTIONS.. 1.What are the differences between being a biological parent‚ an adoptive parent‚ and a foster parent? A biological parent is the parent who biologically made the child. An adoptive parent is the parent who adopted the child (excepting guardianship if not actual biological). And the foster parent is the person who cares for the child until adopted. 2.What financial needs are parents obligated to provide and which are optional? Money
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Committee Report No. 1‚ which she had filed. It contains Senate Bill No. 2486 or the “Foster Care Act of 2010” that seeks to strengthen and propagate the system of foster parenting. Foster care‚ in this case‚ is an initial step towards the child’s return and reintegration to his or her biological family or placement with an adoptive family. An abandoned‚ neglected or orphaned minor may be placed under foster care if his or her family is not willing or could not care for him or her. The child
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During the years of 1994-1995‚ Wenatchee Washington‚ had been known historically for the most extensive child sex abuse investigation. This case was particularly not only extensively long‚ but later being founded that Bob Perez‚ a Wenatchee police investigator‚ was the reason why many were convicted and prisoned. Bob Perez was the reason behind this extensively hurtful case by the desire of greed‚ proving a lack of empathy‚ dishonesty‚ and inconsiderate. Perez was not only known as an abusive police
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There are about 48‚000 children living in foster placements in England. The local authority has legal parental responsibility
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When child welfare workers have to engage with immigrant families they are able to observe some of the same fears in all families. These fears involved being deported‚ detained‚ and fear of losing their children. Since these families reside in the United States without the proper documentation these families face a varieties of barriers such as not being able to qualify for Medi-cal or any type of health insurance. The welfare system lacks funding however the little funding that they could obtain
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Germany who was given to a foster family when she was only nine. Her mother was a Communist and was taken away days after she was given away. Liesel is a brave‚ happy‚ and hardworking young girl that everyone should strive to be like. Liesel has lost and suffered so much in life. She was raised without a father‚ and later given to a foster home. Being raised by a single mother‚ their family was very poor and didn’t get a lot of food. Sadly‚ on the train ride to the foster family the two kids would
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