Jodie Foster

Originally, Foster Care assisted poor and poverty stricken families who were unable to adequately provide for their children. Prior to welfare involvement, children were placed with family members or community members who cared for the child. In 1636, Benjamin Eaton became the first official “foster” child. Since that time, numerous laws and policies have been set up in an effort to care for children who experience abuse or neglect and provide temporary services to families in crisis (Barbell &…

Open adoptions is a way to retain conversation between all parties once the adoption is completed. There are no guidelines establishing how much contact is needed to justify an open adoption, but each party will benefit from the decision (Mintzer, 2003, Key, 37). The birth parents will have less of a guilty conscience for giving their children away if a continuing dialogue is maintained with the adoptive family. Also, it may open up an opportunities for the children to reach out to their…

Teens are rarely adopted and are just sent to foster homes. Sometimes they can go to foster home to foster home and that’s a hard for kids. Some kids become too old for an orphanage, so they have to go and start their own life. When parents take their child home, the child can be separated from their siblings, friends they have…

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…

Transition of Youth Aging out the Foster Care System Every year, there are more than 30,000 kids who age out of the foster care system (Richards, 2014). In most states, the cut off age is 18; however, some states have increased the age to 21. When these kids finally reach the age of 18, they are left to the world with no support. Homelessness, hunger, lack of healthcare and education is what nearly 30% of the 30,000 kids are left with. More federal and state governments need to instate policies…

that they are his “foster parents”. The term foster parents means nothing to him at the time because he is terrified, alone, and worried about his own parents. He may have siblings that, despite the best efforts from social workers, weren’t able to be placed with him. Suddenly, he is taken in, cleaned up, given fresh clothes, and a warm bed to sleep in. Over the next several weeks or months, his foster…

down an article for my area of interest I typed in “Foster care intervention in social work”. The article “Increasing college access for youth aging out of foster care: Evaluation of a summer camp program for foster youth transitioning from high school to college” was the sixth article amongst 253 results and ultimately the one I chose. This article discusses the need for college access and readiness skills amongst youth aging out of the foster care system.…

reunification is complex and time consuming. The first step that occurs in the reunification process after the placement of the child in the foster care system is to develop a permanency plan as mandated by each state. This plan sets forth the process the agency and the families must complete in order to have the child return home. After the child has been in foster care for 15-22 months, the law mandates a request from the courts for parental rights to be terminated. Although the state is…

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…

care. The number of times a child stayed placed with kinship versus non-kinship. Risk and Protector factors Quality of Care The quality of care for kinship versus non-kinship placements is an important but difficult topic to address. As Shlonsky and Berrick (2001) note, there is a lack of research on the topic of assessing the quality of care. However, they state there are basic ways for families to provided quality care. Some of these basic provisions are a nurturing environment, compassion,…