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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... increased child removals and place- ments in foster care . For example , beginning in 1961 the federal government made open - ended funds available for out - of Family Preservation's Essential Services in the New Millennium.
... increased reporting led to more investigations and child removals . Although Title XX of the Social Security Act ... increase in the length of time in care ( MacDonald 1994 ) . The majority of the children being removed from their ...
... increase in children coming into care . Between 1976 and 1993 , child abuse and neglect reports increased by more than 347 percent ( Schene 1998 ) . In 1995 , 3.2 million children were reported as alleged victims of maltreatment ...
... increase in divorce rates , as well as the increasing cost of child rearing ( Berrick 1998 ) . Partly in response to the decline in the number of foster families , the growing number of children in care , and limited funding for family ...
... increased their funding level by about $ 20 million a year . The name of the program was changed to " Promoting Safe and Stable Families " in order to emphasize the outcome of safety and stability rather than a particular type of ...
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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 |