Child protection

Annotated Bibliography of The Great Gilly Hopkins The annotations that follow are based off of other books which are realist fiction for middle readers. The main character Gilly is a difficult and full of troubles foster child who just wants to live with her biological mother, Courtney. Throughout the story readers watch her grow from a tough, stubborn, hard protective shell she created and slowly transform into a helpful, caring, and loving girl who respects her foster family in her own unique…

children a year trying to find the right home for the child to grow and mature the right way. In some circumstances the children do not find the right fitting family for them and or make the wrong decisions that end them up into the juvenile justice system. From October 2010 to September 2011, 44 percent of foster care children were arrested at least once. Abuse and neglect that result in the child being removed from the birth parents, impulse the child to act in delinquent actions and even…

Security Act. 1980- Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act: An act to establish a program of adoption assistance, to strengthen the program of foster care assistance for needy and dependent children, to improve the child welfare, social services, and aid to families with dependent children programs, and for other purposes. • 1997- Adoption and Safe Families Act: signed into law by President Clinton on November 19, 1997. The new law, which amends the 1980 Child Welfare Act (P.L. 96-272),…

Many people know what fostering is but are unaware of the role fostering agencies play these days in the whole process. In reality, fostering agencies work closely with the local authorities to meet the demands of foster care services and adoption centres. To put it in simple words, they play a crucial role in finding foster homes for local authorities that look after children. Fostering agencies are there to meet the needs of foster carers and help them develop as professionals in the field.…

Bringing a child into your world can make your total world flip, ever think of adoption? Many people including my parents, either become foster parents and adopting a lucky child to bring into their home. Becoming a foster parent means that “You are having a temporary placement in which you the adult, provides for the care of children whose birth parent(s) is unable to care for them.” According to AdoptUsKids. Having a child placed under the roof of your home can last to anywhere from overnight…

ways to locate needs assessments data and other relevant information about the target population? One feasible way to find the appropriate needs assessment data and other relevant information for foster care is through the website Child Welfare Information Gateway (Child Welfare/Foster Care Statistics, n.d.). This site can link those who are looking for current data and information that relates to the statistics regarding foster care. What unmet needs are identified by persons in the target…

some type of prior trauma the child has faced. Traumatic events include child abuse and…

society are built to accommodate mothers and only acknowledge fathers. Meaning that almost all agencies from prevention to foster care operate with the strategy of reuniting child with mother while doing little more than getting information regarding father. In my personal experience, I’ve witnessed situations where a child comes into…

into foster care. Brothers and sisters who have relied on each other for comfort and support through tough circumstances in their lives are forced to leave one another’s side for many reasons. Although sometimes it may be in the best interest of the child to be separated from his or her brother or sister, if the abuse is happening between the siblings. However that is not always the case. Brothers and sisters should remain together as family when being…

abused or even killed under the supervision of social service. What is the point of having social services if the children who got out of a horrible home to entire another abusive home? In most cases, foster parents do not really pay attention to the child,…