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- 1From: The Future of Children. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedOver the past two decades, the foster care system has experienced an unprecedented rise in the number of children in out-of-home care and ongoing organizational impediments that complicate efforts to serve the children...
- 2From: The Future of Children. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedSUMMARY Over the past two decades, the foster care system experienced an unprecedented rise in the number of children in out-of-home care, significant changes in the policy framework guiding foster care practice, and...
- 3From: The Future of Children. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAll children do best when they live in safe, stable, and nurturing families, yet far too many children lack this fundamental foundation. Every year, millions of children are abused or neglected--close to 300,000 so...
- 4From: The Future of Children. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed1--Health Assessments Child welfare agencies should ensure that all children in foster care receive health screenings at entry, receive comprehensive pediatric assessments within 30 days of placement, are assigned to...
- 5From: The Future of Children. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedFederal laws have had a major influence on foster care policy. This article reviews the history of federal foster care policy and describes the complex array of federal policies that shape foster care. The article...
- 6From: The Future of Children. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedSUMMARY Even though federal laws have had a major influence on foster care and child welfare policy for more than 40 years, additional reforms are needed to ensure safe and stable families for children in care. This...
- 7From: The Future of Children. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedSecuring alternative permanent families for children who cannot return to their birth parents is a primary goal of the child welfare system. This article discusses recent efforts to increase the number of children...
- 8From: The Future of Children. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedSUMMARY Reunifying children placed in foster care with their birth parents is a primary goal of the child welfare system. Yet, relatively little is known about the reunification process. This article analyzes new...
- 9From: The Future of Children. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedIn this section, experts representing various perspectives and backgrounds respond to the question: "How can the child welfare system be improved to better support families and promote the healthy development of...
- 10From: The Future of Children. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedSUMMARY A growing number of children over age 10 reside in and emancipate from foster care every year. Older children face many of the same challenges as younger children, but they also have unique developmental...
- 11From: The Future of Children. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAACWA Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act ACLSA Ansell-Casey Life Skills Assessment. A tool for evaluating youth life skills development using psychometric measurement principles. AFCARS Adoption and Foster Care...
- 12From: The Future of Children. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedEver, year, over 250,000 children are removed from their homes due to abuse or neglect and placed in foster care. Often these children already have experienced multiple threats to their healthy development. These...
- 13From: The Future of Children. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedKinship care has become the preferred placement option for foster children. However, despite the growing reliance on kin caregivers, kinship care policies have evolved with little coherent guidance. This article...
- 14From: The Future of Children. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedSUMMARY Since the 1970s, finding alternative permanent families for children in foster care who could not return to their birth parents has been a primary goal of the child welfare system. Since that time,...
- 15From: The Future of Children. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedSUMMARY Children in foster care face a challenging journey through childhood. In addition to the troubling family circumstances that bring them into state care, they face additional difficulties within the child...
- 16From: The Future of Children. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThe primary purpose of The Future of Children is to promote effective policies and programs for children. The journal is intended to provide policymakers, service providers, and the media with timely, objective...
- 17From: The Future of Children. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedMost children will leave foster care to be reunified with their birth parents. Yet, relatively little is known about the reunification process. This article analyzes new data and finds that in recent years there have...
- 18From: The Future of Children. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedReplacement for Figure 2 in "Meeting the Challenges of Contemporary Foster Care" on page 78 of The Future of Children, Vol. 14, No. 1. Figure 2 Race Latino 17% Unknown 5% Black 38% White 37% Asian/Pacific Islander 1%...
- 19From: The Future of Children. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedSUMMARY Kin caregivers can provide continuity and connectedness for children who cannot remain with their parents. This is one reason kinship care has become the preferred placement option for foster children....
- 20From: The Future of Children. (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedNearly half of children in foster care are over age 11, and in 2001, 20% of the children leaving foster care were over age 16. This article discusses the unique needs of older children in foster care and the challenges...