Bulgarian Foster Parents and Money: Strategies, Identity Work, and Relations With the Child
Social InclusionRecent research indicates that the cost of residential care per child in Central and Eastern Europe is three to five times higher than that of foster care (UNICEF, 2024). Short‐term foster care requires an intensive initial investment, but it reduces the
Radostina Antonova, Gergana Nenova
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Fostering cultural development: Foster parents' perspectives [PDF]
Children and Youth Services Review, 2011 Abstract Given the increased number of children from racialized groups requiring foster care and the decreasing number of foster parents from racialized groups, transcultural foster placements are on the rise. Addressing racial and cultural diversities within the context of transcultural foster care placements is one of the most pressing dilemmas of ...
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A Movement to Transform Foster Parenting [PDF]
, 2016 This report explores ways for public agencies to ensure that children receive the care they need by enlisting more volunteers to step forward as foster parents and by encouraging the extraordinary individuals who have already answered the call to ...
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Families and Social Media Use: The Role of Parents' Perceptions about Social Media Impact on Family Systems in the Relationship between Family Collective Efficacy and Open Communication [PDF]
, 2019 Communication through social media characterizes modern lifestyles and relationships, including family interactions. The present study aims at deepening the role that parents’ perceptions about social media effects on family systems can exert within their
Di Napoli, Immacolata +2 more
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Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.This article presents the NFDI‐MatWerk Ontology (MWO), a Basic Formal Ontology‐based framework for interoperable research data management in materials science and engineering (MSE). Covering consortium structures, research data management resources, services, and instruments, MWO enables semantic integration, Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and ...
Hossein Beygi Nasrabadi +4 more
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Historical Perspectives on Foster Care Payments: Changing Practices During the 20th Century
Social InclusionPayment of foster carers has long been a controversial issue, reflecting the question of whether fostering is a voluntary or professional activity. This article explores explanations for the change that took place during the twentieth century concerning ...
Ann-Sofie Bergman
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International Journal of Child, Youth & Family Studies, 2020 In the area of foster care concerning children and youth with special needs due to disability or medical fragility, there is a paucity of knowledge and research.
Friedegard Föltz
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Challenges and their overcoming when implementing the restructuring of children's care homes in Lithuania [PDF]
SHS Web of Conferences, 2019 The aim of the study is to reveal challenges and the ways to overcome them in the context of the restructuring of childcare, based on the experience of social workers who work in children's care homes, which participate in the restructuring.
Gudzinskiene Vida, Raudeliunaite Rita
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Underserved parents, underserved youth: Considering foster parent willingness to foster substance-using adolescents [PDF]
Children and Youth Services Review, 2013 Adolescents involved with foster care are five times more likely to receive a drug dependence diagnosis when compared to adolescents in the general population. Prior research has shown that substance use is often hidden from providers, negating any chance for treatment and almost guaranteeing poor post-foster care outcomes.
Kathleen, Meyers +4 more
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Protecting the Parental Rights of Incarcerated Mothers Whose Children are in Foster Care: Proposed Changes to New York\u27s Terminaton of Parental Rights Law [PDF]
, 1988 This Article examines the parental rights of incarcerated mothers under New York\u27s foster care and termination of parental rights laws. It describes the foster care system in New York, the grounds for a termination of parental rights proceeding, and ...
Genty, Philip M.
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