Child protection

The Homeless and Foster Children: Forgotten Homeless and abandoned children in foster care are different and similar in many ways. As homeless is the new welfare; they lose homes, jobs, children, and more. While abandoned children in foster care become "aged out" of a system meant to give them more opportunities. They have similarities as they both are a growing issue that isn't declining, yet alone ceasing. Their issues are not resolved by simply taking them from the public or stop their aid…

from University of Georgia with a bachelor’s in social works. She currently works for the Division of Family and Child Services (DFCS) in Walton County. Walton County has 123 children in foster care during April, 2015 to March, 1015. The Division of Family and Children Services is the part of Georgia Department of Human Services (DHS). Division of Family and Child Services investigates child abuse; finds foster homes for abused and neglected children; helps low income, out-of-work parents get…

The Life Learning program under La Child Guidance Clinic is a nonprofit organization that is program designed to help adolescents and young adults under mental health services. The goal of the Life Learning program is to provide follow-along services to clients ages 18-26 who are mentally ill, seriously emotionally disturbed, abused or at risk for mental health problems functioning in a healthy manner at school and community. La Child Guidance also assist adolescents and young adults into…

agencies often follow their own rules and ignore legislation they do not support, knowing the government will do little to enforce the acts they pass. For example, Former President Bill Clinton passed one of the first acts to place the needs of the child as a top priority. His Adoption and Safe Families Act sped up the placement of severely abused foster children on the path to adoption. Many foster care agencies strongly believe in preserving families and create programs in order to help…

Homes Being a foster child is hard. They have to move home’s often, and they never understand the feeling of a permanent home. In most cases, foster children are treated as government property rather than humans who do not have a family. They are moved from home to home until they reach the age of 18. At this time they are left by the system, being told that they are adults and should take care of themselves. A permanent home is something rare to the eyes of a foster child. However, if the…

This commitment often takes the form of providing primary services to clients in order to promote positive outcomes. In child welfare cases, case managers are often assigned to a child to assume the responsibility of coordinating, monitoring, and evaluating treatment plans specific to their client’s needs. In the Gabriel Myers case, the assigned case worker failed to “consult psychiatrists contracted…

helping individuals and families become self-sufficient, and providing safe refuge during disasters. The departments’ vision is safe and thriving families and individuals. The values are; quality, efficiency, and respectfulness. DCFS programs include: Child Support Enforcement which locates the alleged parent and provides…

system shares, “I continued to experience rape and molestation in many different homes. This is the most common occurrence in the system and happens ALL the time. When the system discovers that a home does this, they take the child out, and then just place a different child there. I…

in the population, while males with prior child welfare placements have entry rates into CYA that are only five times higher than males in the general population” (Jonson-Reid et Barth 500). The evidence demonstrates that the children in foster care are more likely to enter prison because of the instability found within their lives. There could be no strong role models who advocate for strong morals in their lives. The lack of morals would lead to higher rates of prison and prolonging the…

in regards to being a foster parent is how much do they make per child. Sadly some people only consider being a foster parent because they are looking at it as a means of a having a consistent source of income versus the wellbeing of the child. The money you are given monthly is not meant to be considered a payment for services. The money given is intended to help with any extra expenses that may come about while caring for the child or children on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. Many states…