Protection policy

Around the world, the total number of children living without families they can call their own recently surpassed 160 million (Brown). In the United States alone, around four hundred thousand kids live in a foster care house or other type of nonpermanent home (Bynes). Each year, close to half of these children reunite with their biological families, which, although believed to be the ideal solution, does not always make the child’s safety and well-being the top priority. A smaller amount of the…

What are feasible and appropriate 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…

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The Infant of Prague has been in service for over 30 years. Founded by priests and lay people affiliated with the Catholic Diocese of Fresno, it is state and federally funded. The organization is ran by an Executive Board of Directors that oversee it, as it is a non-profit. While this organization helps Central California each county has its own structure; Executive Director, Office Manager, Business Manager and Social Work staff. Its devotion stressed special blessings for children and…

Consequently, there is very wide variation between fathers in degrees of involvement and the aspects of care they participate in. (Lamb, et al. 1987) Fathers are expected to be less involved than mothers and may see this as a hint that perhaps they should be less involved than mothers. Fathers will think to themselves, “am I not expected to be as involved in my child’s life because I shouldn’t be?” Systems within society are built to accommodate mothers and only acknowledge fathers. Meaning that…

Every year, about 300,000 children are placed into out-of-home care due to abuse and neglect (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services). Many of these children already have siblings in the system. Sibling separation in foster care is a dilemma that many families go through when being placed 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…

The purpose of having social services is to protect others when in need of extra help. The true definition of a social service is government services provided for the benefit of the community, such as education, medical care, and housing. However, social services are mostly aimed for the welfare of helpless children who need a new home for a certain amount of time until the parent is able to take custody again. Sadly, social services are not doing their jobs correctly; plenty of children are…

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Family foster care is defined as children cared for in a family setting by a certified foster care family (Cox, Tice, &Long, n.d.). This placement is intended to be temporary, but unfortunately becomes permanent for many of the children that are in the foster care system (Cox et al., n.d.). In 2014, the statistics on foster care in the United States were as follows: 415,129 children were in foster care, 52 percent being male and 48 percent being female, and the three highest racial groups were…