Because the primary aim of foster care is to support reunification with biological parents, foster parents typically do not have much power over case outcomes. They may be permitted to participate in the process by giving feedback and documents to caseworkers, review committees, court-appointed spe...
The Involvement of Older Adolescents and Young Adults in Court Processes Influencing Provision of Foster Care ServicesMark E. Courtney, PhD
The three-member panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in its late Friday ruling thatU.S. District Judge Janis Jack, who has overseen the lawsuit for more than a decade,“must be removed”because of her “highly antagonistic demeanor” toward the Tex...
Our greatest need is for resource parents who can care and embrace children who have developmental challenges, medical disabilities, older youth, sibling groups and various ethnic/racial backgrounds. Becoming a Resource Parent is simple, but the process takes time and determination to complete. Resourc...
Worse again, we run the risk of deterring the very people who would be the best of foster carers, as they often feel they do not have what it takes. Yet we have almost 6,000 children in care and not all of them have carers. That is the equivalent of filling every seat in the Bor...
Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services Juvenile Court Services and Adoptions Bureau “It would have been so beneficial to have Binti from the very beginning of implementation of resource family approval. I can’t say that enough. We really struggled without it. The staff is really...
Three years after the Child Victims Act went into effect, L.A. County — responsible for facilities meant to protect and rehabilitate the region’s youth — has emerged in court filings as one of the biggest alleged institutional offenders. Two weeks ago, in an otherwise dry budget document,...
Foster Care Legislation in the Works ; State Leaders Want to Reform System. - Parental Rights Would Be Terminated after 3 Court Cases for Maltreatment 来自 highbeam.com 喜欢 0 阅读量: 8 作者: BJ Borchardt 收藏 引用 批量引用 报错 分享 ...
What was the adoption process like? I’d been licensed for one week when we got the call for my daughters, who were eight and nine years old at the time. We had a revolving door of resources for the kids, including a law guardian, nurse, caseworker, court appointed special advocate and...
health-related information, leaving children at greater risk of inappropriate care. Auditors could rarely determine what therapy or follow-up services a child received. The auditor identified a handful of cases where DCF let a child take a drug without a required court order or under an expired...