Overview: We have entirely too many children in foster care waiting for adoption. Our target population that we will address is children currently in the foster system waiting on their forever home. The barriers that the foster children face waiting to be adopted range from too large of a sibling group, special needs, older children, or just simply finding interested families to adopt. Foster care children tend to face many issues that place lifelong emotional effects on them while waiting on a forever home. They usually get the feeling that they do not have any self-worth, separation issues, and low self-esteem. The problem that foster children face daily could very well be the absence of a loving home. We as a society usually just assume
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The strengths include accepting a child that has been neglected and the abused and being able to accept the child into their home while adjusting to a new living situation. The foster children’s strengths include being able to adapt to a new home life. The children’s overall goal is to be loved and cared for in a way that they have never experienced. The children and the foster families waiting to adopt will benefit the most. The children will no longer have to experience any abuse, neglect, or abandonment issues. Shortening the length of time that the children have to wait for adoption will help deal with separation problems sooner. Clearly, the problem with current policies is the length of time a child remains in custody without permanent placement. As stated in the Olivia Y. v. Barbour lawsuit, children experienced too much time in the states custody before reunification or adoption procedures started. Clearly, this is where change needs to begin. When children are removed from the home, immediately the child should enter into a family setting not a shelter. We would like to propose a thirty-day period for the parents to complete the requirements to have their children returned; if not then the termination of parental rights process should start. This will ensure that the length of time the child stays in custody will become shorter and permanency can begin. National Adoption Day
The strengths include accepting a child that has been neglected and the abused and being able to accept the child into their home while adjusting to a new living situation. The foster children’s strengths include being able to adapt to a new home life. The children’s overall goal is to be loved and cared for in a way that they have never experienced. The children and the foster families waiting to adopt will benefit the most. The children will no longer have to experience any abuse, neglect, or abandonment issues. Shortening the length of time that the children have to wait for adoption will help deal with separation problems sooner. Clearly, the problem with current policies is the length of time a child remains in custody without permanent placement. As stated in the Olivia Y. v. Barbour lawsuit, children experienced too much time in the states custody before reunification or adoption procedures started. Clearly, this is where change needs to begin. When children are removed from the home, immediately the child should enter into a family setting not a shelter. We would like to propose a thirty-day period for the parents to complete the requirements to have their children returned; if not then the termination of parental rights process should start. This will ensure that the length of time the child stays in custody will become shorter and permanency can begin. National Adoption Day