Does Family Preservation Serve a Child's Best Interests?Georgetown University Press, 2 de ago. de 2000 - 168 páginas In this new volume, two distinguished professors of social work debate the question of whether family preservation or adoption serves the best interests of abused and neglected children. Arguing the merits of keeping families together whenever possible, Ruth G. McRoy examines the background, theory, and effectiveness of family preservation programs. She provides practical recommendations and pays particular attention to the concerns of African American children. Claiming that there is insufficient evidence that family preservation actually works, Howard Altstein counters that children from truly dysfunctional families should be given the chance for stable lives through adoption rather than left in limbo. |
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... assistance to a black family who wanted to adopt a black child but could not afford to , or having a white family adopt the child , which would you prefer ? " 103 Authors ' Biographies Howard Altstein earned his B.A. from Brooklyn viii ...
... assistance was provided to poor single mothers to care for their children in their homes . Although Title IV - B of the Social Security Act provided grants to states to fund preventive and protective services , states still used funds ...
... on child welfare services was redefined through Public Law 96-272 ( Saman- trai 1992 ) in 1980 as part of the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act . Basically , the law stipulated that the government would assume INTRODUCTION 7.
... assistance for families adopting special needs children ( Courtney 1998 ) . Although child welfare services were originally designed to protect and promote the welfare of children , and to prevent or remedy problems that might result in ...
... assistance programs is open - ended and dependent on the number of children placed in out - of - home care and the cost of their care . Unlike foster care , preven- tion , family preservation , and other child welfare services have ...
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Adoption Challenges | 41 |
Family Preservation in the New Millennium | 50 |
PART TWO | 57 |
Family Preservation What Does the Research Say? | 59 |
Kinship Care | 79 |
Transracial Adoption | 97 |
Responses | 113 |
Commentary | 115 |
Response to McRoy | 121 |
Response to Altstein | 127 |
Bibliography | 133 |
Index | 151 |
Impact on Child Welfare of the Multiethnic Placement and Adoption and Safe Families Acts | 87 |