Charles Foster Kane

homeless youth (2014). Many youth experience homelessness for numerous reasons and may partake in dangerous and reckless behaviors to survive. Youth homelessness can be put into distinct categories such as homeless families with children, runaways, and foster children. Many families that struggle with finding and keeping stable jobs, finding affordable housing, and having health insurance are at risk for homelessness. Regardless of the situations that cause the…

method sometimes can be inconsistent and can often target unwarranted cases. Sometimes, child abuse cases become those in which poverty is confused with neglect because of how the law defines neglect. Multiple studies have shown that 30 percent of foster care children could be home if their parents had decent housing. Lyons (2016) goes on to say that no case worker is going to defy an algorithm, even if it means there are biases and discrepancies present, instead, caseworkers will continue…

Foster Children Deemed Unadoptable Lisa is a teen who has been in foster care since she was born. She was placed in foster care because her parents sexually, physically, and emotionally abused her. Lisa has severe anxiety and anger issues because of this. Her issues worsened when she was placed in foster care because she did not know if she could trust her new foster parents. Many times, Lisa could not trust her foster parents because many of them did what Lisa’s biological parents did to her.…

A study of mental health care for children and youth in foster care found that, “one-half and three-fourths of children who enter foster care have demonstrated emotional and behavioral symptoms that require mental health treatment” (Greeno, E. 2015). The Child and Adolescent Treatment Services at Bonding Links Mental Health Clinic offer thorough…

The Rutland model studies a dilemma from three different points of view: the consequentialist approach, which considers results; the deontological approach, which focuses on personal rights; and the aspirational approach, which considers the person whom is making the decision and who they want to be. Consequentialist Approach. The consequentialist approach, also known as Utilitarianism, studies the consequences of an outcome and considers “the greatest good for the greatest number of people…

children in foster care homes. The state struggled with keeping up with the expanding range of federal pressure, which was more focused on the preservation of families and the option of adoption. During the 20-year period of 1974 to 1994, Arkansas child welfare authorities struggled between removing children from their parents’ custody and helping to preserve the structure of the family, without compromising…

In today’s society everyone has rights that they are entitled to, for example, the right to freedom of speech, the right to choose religious beliefs, and the right to bear arms. Everything in the Bill of Rights is directed towards ensuring that people are aware of their rights as well as protecting them. However, children are not given the same rights as an adult. It is thought that children do not fully understand what rights are and that they are not mature enough to know right from wrong,…

Services. Seventy percent of DCFS funding comes from federal sources. The sources include the Social Security Act, Title VI-D: Food Stamps Act of 1977; Temporary assistance for Needy Families(TANF); Refugee Resettlement Act of 1980; Title VI-E for foster care children room and board cost and independent living services; Child abuse and Neglect Grant; Social Security Income(SSI); Social Security Disability Income (SSDI); Title XX Social Services Block Grant(SSBG); Adoption Incentive Payments, and…

Hayden begins the poem by expressing how his foster father would generously warm the house every day, including Sunday, despite his “cracked” and “aching hands” (Howells p288). Hayden’s description of his foster father’s deep scars, forged by deep labor, intensify the painful and dismal tone of the poem. Hayden then reiterates the same dismal tone, saying that “no one ever thanked…

When we got in the car she looked at me and told me that my father wanted me to move in with him. I was shocked because I thought I was going to be in foster care forever. I told her I wanted to get out of foster care and if that was my way out I would move in with him. She explained it would take a while but I didn’t care. I wanted to get out. After we had that talk she placed me at a home in Tampa. My first week there I ran away…