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    Answers to Unit 9 1)There are different uses of foster care placements and amongst them the main ones are as follow: *EMERGENCY-where children need to stay somewhere safe for a few nights‚ *SHORT -TERM-cares look after children for a few weeks /months while plans are being made for children’s future‚ *SHORT BREAKS-for disable children‚with special needs or behavioural difficulties who stay for a while with a family so they parents/carers can have a break‚ *REMAND-for young people remanded

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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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    Listening To the Voices of Children in Foster Care: Youths Speak Out about Child Welfare Lyndsay M. Ramapo College of New Jersey Children in Foster Care Speak Up Identifying the Authors  Sharon Kollar‚ Jessica Strolin-Golzman and Joann Trinkle wrote a journal entry titled‚ “Listening to Voice of Children in Foster Care: Youths speak out about child welfare workforce turnover and selection.” It was published in the Oxford University Press in New York‚ on January 2010. The article

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    “The social determinants are conditions in which people born‚ grow‚ live‚ work and age‚ which are shaped by the distribution of money‚ power and resources at global‚ national and local levels” (Who‚ 2017). Within my agency the social determinants factor our client deals‚ resources‚ money and housing availability‚ since Broward county has a few housing available. In addition‚ for the housing that is available‚ most clients do not have the income to meet the requirement to get a housing. For example

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    ideal environment for the social‚ emotional‚ and developmental growth of children does not always exist in today’s society. Family units that have become separated due to family or behavior problems often contribute to delays in these areas. In order to promote continuity in the social‚ emotional‚ and developmental growth of children who have been victims of family disruption‚ children are often removed from the home and placed in foster care. Placement in the foster care system affects children

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    This analysis demonstrates how Illinois’ policies for funding foster care services may have a negative and unintended impact on the placement of children in state care. Findings from this exploratory study suggests that the combination of Illinois’ managed care funding strategies‚ decreased funding for private child welfare agencies‚ and placement and permanency policies create pressure on private agency staff to make service decisions prioritizing the agency’s business goal of financial health

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    authentic essay to your specifications that will pass any plagiarism test (e.g. Turnitin). Waste no more time! In the world that we all live in there are two different types of care systems; foster care mainly in the United States and institutionalizations located more in European countries. Foster care and institutions are very similar‚ but institutions are more formalized.

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    Introduction: This paper presents the key elements of Bronfenbrenner’s framework and applies them specifically to the girl in the article of “Foster care approved for kids in neo-Nazi case.” Bronfenbrenner’s ecological framework offers an insightful lens for understanding and supporting children in various environments throughout their physiological development and growth. Analysis: Microsystem: In Bronfenbrenner’s framework the innermost environmental layer is the microsystem. The microsystem

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    Achievement of children and youth in foster care Joanna Bermudez Mercy College Summer 2013 Introduction and Problem Statement Approximately fifty percent of adolescents in this country’s foster care system are graduating from high school each year. In NYS‚ less than forty-four percent of adolescent’s in the foster care system graduate from high school yearly. The outcomes of youth who leave the foster care system between the ages of 18 and 21

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    Foster Care Chantaye Kitt Professor Gietzen English 101 11 August 2014 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. What Is Foster Care? Foster care is the temporary placement

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