Foster Care Independence Act

Children Should Stay With Their Homeless Families Do you know how many U.S. children are in foster care, and not with their parents? Nearly 428,000 children in the U.S get put in foster care every day (Children's Rights). One online reporter for NBC news stated, “Tthere are roughly 2.5 million children who were homeless at some point last year” (White, Martha). Many homeless children have been taken away from their parents simply because they are homeless, not because they are neglected or…

benefits as those born into the family. There are several ways that children get adopted. Children can get adopted publicly or privately and through these two options they can be adopted internationally, across state borders which is usually through foster care. The type of process each child goes through is different depending on the adoptive parents, the birth parents, the location, how old or young the child is and where the…

adoption process your biggest cost goes to the Adoption Agency and you will most likely spend over $245,000 not including college funds; that’s just the average amount for a middle-aged person. It is also stated that if you are adopting through foster care the price ranges between $0-$2,500. Yes, I know your probably like gosh that’s a lot of money that you would have to spend through the process; is it affordable? Well yes, it is absolutely affordable. These families use things such as grants,…

Finding Fosters Forever Families ‘“WAVELAND, Miss. -- In 2003, a tiny girl weighing little more than 20 pounds arrived at an emergency shelter here on the gulf coast, after being shuttled between five foster homes and youth shelters in three months."Who's the baby?" Terry Latham, the director of the shelter, recalled asking. "I'm no baby," the girl shouted, her ribs visible in her emaciated body. "I'm 4." The girl, identified as Olivia Y., who suffered from profound malnourishment and possibly…

In 2013, 1.6 million children were homeless or had experienced homelessness in the United States. Children are the future. When children are homeless, they do not get to experience a good education. If children lack knowledge, then what does that mean about the future of America? We need to give these children and all children the education, housing, and safety they deserve. Homeless youth need help with problems at home, abuse, and education. Statistics show that 46% of runaway youth were…

The first policy written at the federal level to address child abuse is the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, enacted in 1974. Alternatively known as “CAPTA,” the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1974 aimed to “provide funding for the prevention, identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect” (National Low Income Housing Coalition, 2016). By doing so, CAPTA would provide the framework for children’s improved living conditions. Evidently, CAPTA has proven to be more…

My internship is with the South Carolina Department of Social Services, SCDSS, in the Foster Care Division. Children who are alleged to have been abused or neglected and who are not able to remain safely in their home environments and are unable to placed with a relative for fictive kin relative must enter a foster care setting. SCDSS overall mission it to provide services to children and their families to strengthen the family and that allows for children to remain safely in their home. This…

Parens Patriae Parens Patriae is the power of the state to act on behalf of a child and provide care and protection equivalent to that of a parent. It was first used by English kings to establish the right to intervene in the lives of the children of their vassals. The courts used this to safeguard the welfare of orphans and protect their property and inheritance rights; arguing that the children were under the custody of the king (Chancery Court pg.13). Parens Patriae has underwent several…

Imagine your childhood. If it is anything like millions of Americans you had a decent life. There was always a roof over your head and you had at least one parent that cared for you. Your biggest worry in life might have been leaving your parents on the first day of school as you were boarding the bus, or if the boogie monster was actually a real creature that lurked in the night. Now imagine yourself in Syria, South Sudan, Nigeria, or Mali where children are “recruited” to be slave soldiers or…

There is an open case on the family. The biological mother had a period of time where she had no visitation with the children. Within the last 2-3 weeks, the boys started seeing the mother again. There is a history of violence in the home with mom and her boyfriend. That is the reason the case was opened. Since the children started seeing the mother, there has been a traumatic change in both children's behaviors. Per reporter, the behaviors coincides with when visitation was reinstated with the…