Foster Care Terminology See a glossary of common language and terms used in foster care and in the Philadelphia child welfare system. Learn More Get Involved As a foster parent (also known as resource parent), you could provide stability, consistency, and support for a child or youth. Learn ...
or support from, a caregiver,” says Jessica Hayden, LSW, social work supervisor at the Support Center for Child Advocates in Philadelphia. “Without this safety net—and without the system to provide
Of the 24 private agencies in Philadelphia's foster care network, Catholic Social Services is the only one that would deny applications from same-sex couples as a matter of faith. Roberts wrote that the city's policy infringes on First Amendment religious rights because it is not "gen...
In Philadelphia, not having a safe, stable place to live prevents parents whose children have been placed in foster care from regaining custody 40 percent of the time — 10 percent higher than the national average — according to a recent study by the city. That’s why ...
Philadelphia Officials May Require Non-Discrimination In Foster Care, Court Says I structure this discussion according to the legal avenues available for such challenges, identifying the advantages or disadvantages for foster parents in advancing the different claims. CHILD PLACEMENT AND THE LEGAL CLAIMS ...
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" ...
.E., a pediatric researcher at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and lead author of the study. "Our results suggest for the first time, in a national population group, that family care may offer protective value in terms of well-being and stability for children in out-of-home care....
cities, such as Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, Corpus Christi in Texas and New York City, are leading the efforts to ensure smooth, effective transitions for young people "aging out" of county and state foster care systems. They are supporting the transitions of foster youth toward independent ...
METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study using administrative databases from the Philadelphia Department of Human Services and the Birth Certificate Registry and the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program at the Philadelphia Department of Public Health. Logistic regression analyses were performed...
LGBTQI data points are especially important in the current climate surrounding faith-based organizations’ foster care placement practices. On April 22, the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that Catholic Social Services of the Philadelphia Archdiocese (CSS) would no longer be allowed to place foster chi...