In this article, policies are considered that affect children in substitute care and their natural families. Over the last decade there has been an unusual amount of interest among family advocacy groups and family professionals in the problems and abuses in this policy area. Reform legislation ...
Through an examination of lesbian and gay foster-care applicants' assessment reports and with a focus on the heteronormative assumptions contained within them, Riggs demonstrates that foster-care public policy and research on lesbian and gay parenting both promote the idea that lesbian and gay parents...
As the public policy pendulum swings back and forth between family preservation (keeping children with their biological parents) and protecting children by placing them in foster care -- most experts now agree that the best thing to do is try to leave them at home if at all possible and prov...
Noun1.foster care- supervised care for delinquent or neglected children usually in an institution or substitute home guardianship,tutelage,care,charge- attention and management implying responsibility for safety; "he is in the care of a bodyguard" ...
Children in Foster Care: A Nursing Perspective on Research, Policy, and Child Health Issues ISSUES AND PURPOSE. To examine the roles of public policy and poverty on the rising number of children in family foster care, and to examine the impact of ... Mary,Margaret,Gottesman - 《Journal for...
Policy initiatives that support permanent adoptions by kinship caregivers both culturally and economically are needed to ensure that children have the option of being raised among capable and concerned family members. Sign in to download full-size image Figure 2. Children in foster care by type of ...
Results showed that perceived implementation of three of the policies, concerning elderly healthcare, civic education policy, and social enterprise, induced significant positive effects on social inclusion that the adult experienced. These effects represent externalities created by the policies, such that ...
(FOX) - A former foster care worker with the State of Michigan is facing charges after authorities allege he sexually assaulted a client. Ladd Perreault, 53 of Midland, is accused of engaging in sexual acts with one of his female adult clients while he was working for the Michigan ...
However, it is worth recalling that many of the problems evidenced by foster children have their roots in experiences that occurred before they entered the foster care system. Various strategies may be effective in reducing the number of young adults aging out of foster care, including ensuring ...
housing reduces the burden on shelters and foster care systems as well as provides a significant safety net for workers who are unable to earn a living... Haley,Barbara A - 《Poverty & Public Policy》 被引量: 0发表: 2017年 How Does Michigan Fare in the Fight to Improve Outcomes for You...