Relative Placement: The Best Answer for Our Foster Care System

2018 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 55-64
Author(s):  
Leonard Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Foster Care ◽  
Foster Care System ◽  
Relative Placement ◽  
Care System

Wellbeing of Children in the Foster Care System

2016 ◽  
pp. 371-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lindsey M. Weiler ◽  
Edward F. Garrido ◽  
Heather N. Taussig
Keyword(s):  
Foster Care ◽  
Foster Care System ◽  
Care System

Human Trafficking in the Foster Care System

2020 ◽  
pp. 137-149
Author(s):  
Catherine G. Coughlin ◽  
Robyn R. Miller ◽  
Selina Higgins ◽  
Kidian Martinez ◽  
Christine Dipaolo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Foster Care ◽  
Human Trafficking ◽  
Foster Care System ◽  
Care System

scholarly journals Medical Decision Making for Youth in the Foster Care System

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zachary Strassburger
Keyword(s):  
Foster Care ◽  
Medical Decision Making ◽  
Medical Decision ◽  
Medical Decisions ◽  
Foster Care System ◽  
Birth Parents ◽  
Birth Parent ◽  
Laws And Policies ◽  
Do So ◽  
Care System

Youth in the foster care system often have no one person who isclearly authorized to make medical decisions for them. From acaseworker insisting upon a vaccine to a birth parent refusingpermission for psychotropic medication, this paper argues that thequestion of who makes these decisions matters for children’s rights.This paper reports the results of a survey of 132 stakeholdersrepresenting all U.S. states, 17 qualitative interviews, and a reviewof relevant laws and policies. The stakeholders and legal researchrevealed that in sixteen states, common practice disagreed with thewritten laws and policies about who should be making medical decisionsfor youth in the foster care system. Most often, foster parents aremaking medical decisions despite note having legal authority to do so,and birth parents are rarely making decisions even when they arelegally allowed to do so. This paper proposes that following federallaw about promoting family reunification, birth parents should be incharge of medical decision making for the first 12-24 months. Afterthat time, the foster parent, if one is available and has showncommitment to the child, should become the medical decision maker.Such a policy would promote birth parent involvement and familyreunification while acknowledging the need of young people in care fordecision makers who can make long-term commitments to their care.

scholarly journals Reassessing the Foster-Care System: Examining the Impact of Heterosexism on Lesbian and Gay Applicants

Hypatia ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 132-148
Author(s):  
Damien W. Riggs
Keyword(s):  
Foster Care ◽  
Foster Care System ◽  
Lesbian And Gay ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Care System

scholarly journals Fostering Care for All

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 209-228
Author(s):  
Larisa Maxwell
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Foster Care ◽  
Gender Identity ◽  
House Of Representatives ◽  
The United States ◽  
Sexual Assaults ◽  
Marginalized Youth ◽  
Committee Meeting ◽  
Foster Care System ◽  
Care System

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (“LGBTQ”) youth in the foster care system often face a multitude of discrimination, harassment, and abuse because of their actual or perceived homosexuality or gender identity. Mistreatment ranges from taunting to physical and sexual assaults by both other youth and staff. Certainly, this mistreatment is quite the antithesis of the safe haven that foster care placements are designed to be. There is very little legislation in place to specifically address these issues. In 2004, California’s Foster Care Nondiscrimination Act became the first act to provide explicit statutory protections from grievances based on sexual orientation or gender identity, among other protected classes. Recently, the Every Child Deserves a Family Act was proposed for the third time in the United States House of Representatives. The Act was designed to bar inequity in adoption and foster care placements due to either the prospective parent’s or child’s sexual orientation or gender identity, or the prospective parent’s marital status. Unfortunately, the bill died in committee, meeting the same fate as its predecessors. This Comment describes the strengths and shortcomings of both Acts and illustrates the immediate need to enact comprehensive statutory protections for youth in the foster care system who face discrimination and harassment based on their actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity. Legislation should be enacted to help insulate these already marginalized youth from continuing harm.

Aging Out—Quality Improvement in Transitions of Care for Adolescents Leaving the Foster Care System

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maggie Mae Kuusinen ◽  
James G. Kaferly ◽  
Anne Frank
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Foster Care ◽  
Aging Out ◽  
Transitions Of Care ◽  
Foster Care System ◽  
Care System
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