scholarly journals Former Youth in Care: Kinship Care and Its Potential Impact on Black Families & Cultural Identity in the Child Welfare System

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Osei
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Kinship Care ◽  
Black Families ◽  
Child Welfare System ◽  
Welfare System ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
Greater Toronto Area ◽  
Youth In Care ◽  
System Data ◽  
Disproportionate Number

In 2016, the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) launched a public inquiry to determine whether or not there was a disproportionate number of racialized populations representing the child welfare system. Data collected from the Children’s Aid Society of Toronto (2015) showed that while African Canadians make up 8.5% of the Torontonian population, they made up 40.8% of the children and youth in the child welfare system. This alarming information called for changes in the ways Black children and youth have been impacted and what changes could be made with policy. This research study intends to highlight policies that have been implemented in response to over-represented communities in the child welfare system with a particular focus on kinship care and how it is incorporated into policy that seeks to improve the treatment and service for Black families in the Greater Toronto Area.

scholarly journals Former Youth in Care: Kinship Care and Its Potential Impact on Black Families & Cultural Identity in the Child Welfare System

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Osei
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Kinship Care ◽  
Black Families ◽  
Child Welfare System ◽  
Welfare System ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
Greater Toronto Area ◽  
Youth In Care ◽  
System Data ◽  
Disproportionate Number

In 2016, the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) launched a public inquiry to determine whether or not there was a disproportionate number of racialized populations representing the child welfare system. Data collected from the Children’s Aid Society of Toronto (2015) showed that while African Canadians make up 8.5% of the Torontonian population, they made up 40.8% of the children and youth in the child welfare system. This alarming information called for changes in the ways Black children and youth have been impacted and what changes could be made with policy. This research study intends to highlight policies that have been implemented in response to over-represented communities in the child welfare system with a particular focus on kinship care and how it is incorporated into policy that seeks to improve the treatment and service for Black families in the Greater Toronto Area.

scholarly journals Three South Asian immigrant fathers' experiences of child welfare in the Greater Toronto area (GTA)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis Boiragi
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Child Welfare System ◽  
Welfare System ◽  
Asian Immigrant ◽  
Greater Toronto Area ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
South Asian Immigrant

The research study explores the child welfare system experiences of South Asian immigrant fathers in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). The study provides an overview of the literature related to the child welfare system, its dominant cultural practices, and how interventions impact South Asian immigrant fathers. This study uses Anti-Oppressive Practice Theory (AOP) and Critical Race Theory (CRT) as its theoretical framework to understand the fathers’ experiences by analyzing in-depth interviews of the South Asian immigrant fathers who shared their lived experiences with the child welfare system. This study’s focus is to give voice and make visible the experiences of these fathers, who feel disappointed, misunderstood, and alienated. Key words: Child welfare, maltreatment and neglect, racialized families South Asian immigrant fathers, settlement, integration

scholarly journals Three South Asian immigrant fathers' experiences of child welfare in the Greater Toronto area (GTA)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis Boiragi
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Child Welfare System ◽  
Welfare System ◽  
Asian Immigrant ◽  
Greater Toronto Area ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
South Asian Immigrant

The research study explores the child welfare system experiences of South Asian immigrant fathers in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). The study provides an overview of the literature related to the child welfare system, its dominant cultural practices, and how interventions impact South Asian immigrant fathers. This study uses Anti-Oppressive Practice Theory (AOP) and Critical Race Theory (CRT) as its theoretical framework to understand the fathers’ experiences by analyzing in-depth interviews of the South Asian immigrant fathers who shared their lived experiences with the child welfare system. This study’s focus is to give voice and make visible the experiences of these fathers, who feel disappointed, misunderstood, and alienated. Key words: Child welfare, maltreatment and neglect, racialized families South Asian immigrant fathers, settlement, integration

Does the child welfare system serve the neediest kinship care families?

2006 ◽  
Vol 28 (10) ◽  
pp. 1213-1228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher A. Swann ◽  
Michelle Sheran Sylvester
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Kinship Care ◽  
Child Welfare System ◽  
Welfare System
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