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Putting Families First: How the Opioid Epidemic is Affecting Children and Families, and the Child Welfare Policy Options to Address It [PDF]
, 2019 : Opioids and Child Welfare Across the country, placements in foster care are rising. In 2016, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reported that 273,539 children in the U.S. entered foster care.
American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Foster Care, Adoption, and Kinship Care +3 more
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International Journal of Population Data ScienceObjective and Approach An increasing proportion of children in care in Scotland are formally living with extended family or friends – known as kinship care. To gain an enhanced understanding of experiences within kinship care, sequence analysis methods
Joanna Soraghan, Robert Porter
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NOW THE SOLUTION IS HERE – SOCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR ORPHANED CHILDREN: THE EXTENDED CHILD SUPPORT GRANT
Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 2023 The current crisis in foster care was precipitated by using the child protection system to meet the social assistance needs of orphaned children. The new parallel system in the form of an extended child support grant system would enable children in the ...
Sipho Sibanda, Felistus Ndamba
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Features of non-kinship foster care children with birth family contact in Andalusia [PDF]
, 2019 The aim of the presentation is to describe the personal features of non-kinship foster care children who have visits with their birth family in Málaga, Granada and Jaén (provinces of Andalusia, Spain).
Bernedo-Muñoz, Isabel Maria +5 more
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Relative Versus Non-Relative Foster Care: [PDF]
, 2007 This study explored the benefits and limitations of relative foster care versus non-relative foster care. This study hypothesized, that despite the limitations of relative placement, the emotional benefit to the child placed in a relative setting far ...
Picinich, Victoria
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Cogent Psychology, 2018 This article explores whether the number of visits by birth parents influence perceptions of attachment, children’s competence and mental health, and stress levels in foster parents.
Sturla Fossum +2 more
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Genealogy, 2021 Structural open adoption has been beneficial to adoptees in integrating their birth heritage and identity. Adoptive parents also may sometimes seek out others who are neither related biologically nor through partnership to support their child in ...
Pedro Alexandre Costa +2 more
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Related Foster Parents Less Likely to Receive Support Services Compared With Nonrelative Foster Parents [PDF]
, 2014 This brief identifies gaps in support services among foster parents using data from a nationally representative survey of children involved in the child welfare system (the second National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being).
Mattingly, Marybeth J., Walsh, Wendy A.
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Inequalities in the dental health needs and access to dental services among looked after children in Scotland: a population data linkage study [PDF]
, 2017 Background: There is limited evidence on the health needs and service access among children and young people who are looked after by the state. The aim of this study was to compare dental treatment needs and access to dental services (as an exemplar of ...
Clark , David +10 more
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Health Care Issues for Children and Adolescents in Foster Care and Kinship Care [PDF]
Pediatrics, 2015 Children and adolescents involved with child welfare, especially those who are removed from their family of origin and placed in out-of-home care, often present with complex and serious physical, mental health, developmental, and psychosocial problems rooted in childhood adversity and trauma. As such, they are designated as children with special health
Moira A. Szilagyi +32 more
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