WASHINGTON (BP) – The U.S. Supreme Court gave hope Wednesday (Nov. 4) it will uphold the freedom of religiously based adoption and foster care agencies to carry out their ministries according to their beliefs. The high court heard oral arguments on whether the city of Philadelphia violated ...
In the case of foster parents, who better to understand the complicated foster care system, the unique needs of the children and the emotional roller coaster of parenting them than those who have been through it themselves. That’s why foster care agencies throughout the country hold meetings ...
Mason, M., Castrianno, L. M., Kessler, C., Holmstrand, L., Huefner, J., Payne, V., … & Stenslie, M. (2003). A comparison of foster care outcomes across four child welfare agencies.Journal of Family Social Work, 7, 55–72. doi:10.1300/J039v07n02_05. Google Scholar Massing...
Alex focuses his practice on providing transactional and regulatory counseling for a variety of clients in the healthcare and life sciences industry, including health systems, nursing homes, hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, assisted living facilities, hospices, home health agencies, physician groups...
Fellows are placed in child-welfare agencies across the country and lead major interdisciplinary reform projects. Half take on preventative work, helping to safely reduce the number of kids who end up in foster care. The other half seek to improve foster-care conditions an...
Youth with foster care experience are more likely than their peers outside of the system to report child maltreatment, mental illness, and inadequate social support. The interaction of these experiences likely contributes to the fact that these youth are twice as likely to engage in suicidal ideati...
For spending to be effective in helping achieve child welfare goals, agencies must apply cost analysis to their programs to explore how funding investments relate to outcomes in real-world settings.doi:10.1080/15548732.2015.1022277RussellJesse
“Not a lot of money from the perspective of the state,” Hatcher said. “But for Alex, it could have made a world of difference when he was leaving foster care.” According to the new report by the two advocacy groups, state agencies have been collecting more than $150 million a year...
In the case of foster parents, who better to understand the complicated foster care system, the unique needs of the children and the emotional roller coaster of parenting them than those who have been through it themselves. That’s why foster care agencies throughout the country hold meetings ...
The authors thank the families who participated in the study and the foster care agencies serving as research partners (Saint Dominic’s Home, New York Foundling Hospital, and Harlem Dowling Children and Families) who served as our research partners. Author information Authors and Affiliations Mount...