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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... months , adoption was considered the next preferable option . The implementation of this law temporarily reduced the numbers of children in out - of - home care ( Hartman 1993 ) . By 1985 , approximately 286,000 children were in foster ...
... months under prior rules . PL 105-89 also reauthorized family support and family preservation services and increased their funding level by about $ 20 million a year . The name of the program was changed to " Promoting Safe and Stable ...
... months ) , home - based intensive intervention based on crisis theory ( Mac- Donald 1994 ) . Typically , workers have three to six cases , meet clients in their homes , and may be on call 24 hours a day . Services include concrete ...
... months ( Nelson , Landsman , and Deutelbaum 1990 , 9 ) . Studies of placement prevention rates using this model have revealed about 80 percent placement prevention rates . Project Kaleidoscope in Chicago , Illi- nois , is the model ...
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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 |