Foster care

youth foster systems today is that youth tend to "age out" of the foster system without any program to help them transition from childhood to adulthood and beyond. During the stresses of aging out and trying to figure out where they'll live, if they'll go to school, and what they'll do next, having a sibling support system in place can be extremely helpful to youth. What Aging Out Means When children turn 18 and graduate from high school, they are considered to have aged out of the foster…

This case is closed! Foster care may or may not provide a stable home. Statistics show 75.3% of children in foster care are neglected and 72.9% of children die from neglect. Ponyboy currently has a suitable environment. He is not being neglected in his current home. The decision is made. The best choice for Ponyboy Curtis is for him to remain in the care of his brothers, Darry and Sodapop Curtis because he will be cared for and protected, he will be around familiar faces, and most importantly he…

in the foster system that needs guidance may be extremely high, fostering a child can be a stressful personal choice. When a foster parent decides to commit to being a foster parent, whether the person becomes a foster parent formally through a fostering agency or informally by taking in a family member or friend’s child, a foster parent and other people within the household will surely be challenged in diverse ways. Even with all the resources the agencies have out there to assist the foster…

"There are over 14,000 children in out-of-home care in Arizona." Of these children I would like to introduce you to my little brother, Kevin. Over nine months ago my parents got a call to foster a very premature baby boy. Michael was born at twenty-nine weeks old. His mother at the time was/is addicted to meth. She went on meth-binge which caused her to go into preterm labor. The father, at the time, was in the process of going to jail. Once Kevin was settled in our home, a few months went by…

the marginalized. That said, young adults who have grown up within the foster care system, are one of those marginalized groups. This article seeks to explore the availability of financial aid opportunities specifically…

Foster youth who age out of the system often do not attend higher education (Brandford & English, 2004; Wolanon, 2005). “Less than 11% of children that have been in the foster care system will go on to college…[and]… the Federal government also helps children who were in foster care in their teen years through the Fostering Adoption to Further Student Achievement Act” (Rowan, 2014). Despite receiving financial aid to cover the cost of education, many youth continue on after care to obtain jobs…

Tough Love For most of my early childhood, I never had a sense of belonging. I had spent most of my childhood in abusive homes before finding my way into the foster care system. When I reflect back on my childhood, I see how both positive and negative experiences developed me into the person that I am. Internal factors as well as outwardly expressed love all contributed to my success in life. Most children are raised in structured homes with a mother and father. They grow up with love and…

intended purposes juvenile drug courts program helps to address the underlying issues that contribute to the juvenile's involvement with the juvenile drug court system. These are the issues due to being subjected to exposure to drug dependency because foster care youth have been previously been maltreated and lack of reunification with their…

with a foster parent and or removed from a biological parent or family member’s home. There appears to be a lack of tolerance for behavioral struggles in foster placements, especially for adolescents. Teenagers in foster care are often seen as dispensable when an issue arises. When a conflict arises between foster parent and youth, the foster placement has the option to put in a discharge notice terminating the placement rather than emotionally…

Policy Implication Over the last century the United States and other countries have developed many acts and policies regarding the protection of children. The policies that have been established in the past, has been reformed in order to ensure the safety of the children in this nation. Throughout the years there has been many positives of the child welfare reform, however there has been many negatives from it as well; in many cases the positives have impacted the U.S. but it’s the negatives…