1st Edition
From Child Abuse to Foster Care Child Welfare Services Pathways and Placements
312 Pages
by
Routledge
312 Pages
by
Routledge
312 Pages
by
Routledge
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More than two million child abuse reports are filed annually on behalf of children in the United States. Each of the reported children becomes a concern, at least temporarily, of the professional who files the report, and each family is assessed by additional professionals. A substantial number of children in these families will subsequently enter foster care. Until now, the relationships between... Read more
I: Examining Child Abuse and Child Welfare Caseloads and Careers; 1: Understanding Pathways to Permanency; 2: Growth in Child Abuse Reports and Child Welfare Services Caseloads; 3: From Child Abuse Report to Child Welfare Services; II: Analyzing Foster Care Pathways; 4: Rethinking and Researching Length of Stay in Foster Care; 5: Reunification from Kinship and Nonkinship Foster Care; 6: Factors Associated with Entrance to Group Care; 7: Time to Adoption; III: Child and Placement Characteristics; 8: Specialized Foster Care: A Home for Children With Special Needs; 9: Kinship Care: Rights and Responsibilities, Services and Standards; 10: Group Care for Children; 11: Similarities and Differences in the Characteristics of Children in Out-of-Home Care; IV: Implications; 12: Trends and Recommendations for the Next Decade
Biography
Richard P. Barth, Mark E. Courtney, Jill Duerr Berrick, Vicky N. Albert
