How can we improve the Foster Care System in the United States?
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About two years ago, my aunt adopted a little boy from the United States. It was a joyous occasion and we all adored him and love having him as an addition to our large family. While my younger cousin has a happy life right now in the care of my aunt, there was so much trauma and struggles that this little boy had to face at such a young age that came from the big process of adoption and foster care. It is something that he will have to deal with the rest of his life. It was because of this experience that my little cousin went through and because of my passion for helping kids that are struggling that brought this issue to my attention: How the Foster …show more content…
Krueger states that the number of child abuses and neglect investigations increased from 11,397 to 12,710 from 1999-2000 in Pinellas and Pasco. He states that the agency is one of the main causes that the foster care is not satisfactory. In Curtis Krueger’s eyes, the problem with foster care systems is the agency. This article will aid me in building my research project by giving me the statistics and facts that are needed to inform the reader of. It gives me an idea of how bad the Foster Care system in so that I can explain just how crucial it is for it to be improved. The source is credible because it was found on One Start database that Ball State library uses and it was published in a public newspaper. The author is credible because in order to even be published in a well-known newspaper, you have to have some experience and background in your field of …show more content…
Foster children need to have better educational opportunities; in order to understand the need to improve educational opportunities for children in foster care one has to understand the foster care system. One of the influential changes that Dan Lips explains is to improve education stability. By keeping school the center of stability, this gives them peers and adults to help them when things change at home. This information will be used in my research proposal by using the information presented to give a detailed description of the foster care system so then the readers can have a better idea of the system and how it works before I explain why it needs to be improved. This author and website is credible because Dan Lips is an Educational Analyst in the Domestic Policy Studies Department at The Heritage Foundation.
"Mentor a Child in Foster Care." Adopt Us Kids. Adoption Exchange Association, n.d. Web. 28 Feb.
An Annotated Bibliography
About two years ago, my aunt adopted a little boy from the United States. It was a joyous occasion and we all adored him and love having him as an addition to our large family. While my younger cousin has a happy life right now in the care of my aunt, there was so much trauma and struggles that this little boy had to face at such a young age that came from the big process of adoption and foster care. It is something that he will have to deal with the rest of his life. It was because of this experience that my little cousin went through and because of my passion for helping kids that are struggling that brought this issue to my attention: How the Foster …show more content…
Krueger states that the number of child abuses and neglect investigations increased from 11,397 to 12,710 from 1999-2000 in Pinellas and Pasco. He states that the agency is one of the main causes that the foster care is not satisfactory. In Curtis Krueger’s eyes, the problem with foster care systems is the agency. This article will aid me in building my research project by giving me the statistics and facts that are needed to inform the reader of. It gives me an idea of how bad the Foster Care system in so that I can explain just how crucial it is for it to be improved. The source is credible because it was found on One Start database that Ball State library uses and it was published in a public newspaper. The author is credible because in order to even be published in a well-known newspaper, you have to have some experience and background in your field of …show more content…
Foster children need to have better educational opportunities; in order to understand the need to improve educational opportunities for children in foster care one has to understand the foster care system. One of the influential changes that Dan Lips explains is to improve education stability. By keeping school the center of stability, this gives them peers and adults to help them when things change at home. This information will be used in my research proposal by using the information presented to give a detailed description of the foster care system so then the readers can have a better idea of the system and how it works before I explain why it needs to be improved. This author and website is credible because Dan Lips is an Educational Analyst in the Domestic Policy Studies Department at The Heritage Foundation.
"Mentor a Child in Foster Care." Adopt Us Kids. Adoption Exchange Association, n.d. Web. 28 Feb.