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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... percent of the funds were still being used for foster care instead of family support and preservation ( Burt and Pittman 1985 ) . By 1977 , 500,000 children were living away from their families in foster care ( Shyne and Schroeder 1978 ) ...
... percent increase from 1987 ( see Table 1 ) . Of this number , only about 15 to 20 percent of these children had adoption plans ( McKenzie 1993 ) . By 1994 , there were an estimated 462,000 children living outside of their homes ...
... percent of the time and a year's follow - up revealed an 80 - percent avoidance rate . The safety record of this program is almost 100 percent ( Forsythe 1992 ) . Home - Based Model . Although in many ways similar to the crisis inter ...
... percent of families remained together after 90 days and 66 percent had had no placements and were together at the end of 12 months . The selection of the most appropriate program model may vary by age of child , type of family problem ...
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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 |