the foster care system that engrosses me the most. This issue has been near and dear to my heart for a very long time and is the reason I decided to go into social work. Growing up with an Aunt who raised and adopted foster care children allowed me to see a lot of issues that I would not have otherwise seen. One of the first issues is the number of children that are in the foster care system. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reported that 402‚378 children were living in foster care
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in the foster care system is a subject you do not hear about every day. However‚ this is a real problem that affects millions of children living in foster care or some kind of transitional care system. 75% of children in foster care prior to leaving the system will have experienced sexual abuse (Sexual Abuse: An epidemic in Foster Care Settings). According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services‚ nearly 475‚000 U.S. youth reside in foster care‚ close to 30‚000 leaves the system annually
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they represent in the foster care system evolves many different emotional connections. Social workers provide counseling and direction to people in crisis. Their clients may vary from the young and older unemployed to young children who are in need of foster homes right on down to the elderly people who have no one to care for them to provide for them or even someone to love them. They try to better the clients by helping them obtain government funds‚ education‚ and other treatments if needed.
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The foster care system in New York City is deeply flawed. Sixty-four percent of foster care children are impoverished in their adult lives‚ 50% of girls are pregnant within 12-18 months of aging out of the system‚ and 80% of all inmates on death row grew up in the foster care system. Foster care children should not have to fight against these statistics. The Felix Organization is providing solutions‚ through Camp Felix‚ Beyond Camp‚ the Felix Friendship Circle‚ and the Secret Santa Gift Exchange
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In foster care there is often a lack of caring people as well as also problems that develop later in the children’s’ lives from being in foster care. Many children develop social problems‚ making them shy and scared‚ identity problems‚ in which the child or children dislike themselves and don’t know their true identity‚ as well as many other difficulties. Many studies have observed that children living in foster homes are often neglected and harmed‚ without the parents truly caring about their view
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Across the country‚ on an annual basis‚ varied aged youth are disposed into foster care for a variety of reasons such as uncontrolled behaviors‚ parental/caretaker abuse‚ neglect and/or substance dependence of a parent/caretaker. Intended to be impermanent‚ arrangements [foster care placement] are with an understanding of the primary goal being that of reunification with the parent/caretaker in the majority cases. Contrariwise‚ an ever-increasing percentage of youth entering the foster care system
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field of foster care. It will focus on foster care social workers‚ foster care parents‚ children in foster care‚ etc. In this work there will also be reference to aspects of adoption and foster care together. This paper will encompass all parties affected by foster care and will ultimately talk about what qualities are expected of social workers who work in foster care. America is facing daily challenges when it comes to abortion‚ children with no place to go‚ the foster care system‚ adoption
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Foster Care‚ and its effects on the children and families involved‚ are debatable topics in our country. Foster parenting is where a child is placed into a new home because of danger in their own home. There may be physical‚ emotional‚ and mental consequences for the child‚ the biological parents‚ and the foster parents. Usually‚ children are put into foster care because of child abuse‚ drug abuse‚ or another situation which puts the child’s safety at risk. Foster care may also be an option when
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Within the Foster Care System Liberty University Abstract The aim of this paper is to examine the diagnosis of attachment disorder and it’s relationship to children within the foster care system. The prevalence of children placed into foster care as well as the circumstances that put them there are examined. Attachment and attachment disorder are discussed and defined. This article targets the current treatment methods and considers the aspects specific to children within the foster care system
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I. Essay 1: Foster Care a. Temporary Placement: It’s very important to note that the purpose of foster care is to provide temporary care for children. This is because‚ for foster children‚ the goal is to eventually reunite children with their parents. If this hope isn’t attainable‚ foster care then becomes a temporary placement until social workers can find families to adopt these children and to provide permanent homes. While some families foster children with the intent to adopt them‚ the main
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