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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... period , which could last for several years , the child , Professor McRoy and other family preservationists argue , should not be placed in foster care or made available for adoption . The best choice is to place the child in the care ...
... period are left in limbo . At best , they are temporary guests in their relatives ' homes , and at worst , they are moved back and forth from their parents ' homes to institutions . Why not , Altstein argues , free these children for ...
... period , this agency sent over 150,000 homeless children by train to live with Midwestern Christian farm families ( Schene 1998 ) . Brace's " child - saving " remedy was based on his belief that children would benefit by being placed in ...
... period ( Ahsan 1996 ) . States were encouraged to use the new funding along with other funding sources to " integrate preventive services into treatment - oriented child welfare systems and to improve service coordination " ( 158 ) ...
... period will probably exceed $ 16 billion . Thus , the two types of services are in no way equal in terms of funding ( Courtney 1998 ) . Facilitating Adoptions and Preserving Birth Families The plight of children in foster care again ...
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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 |