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CONT WORLD ISSUES: FOSTER CARE IN AMERICA: REFERENCE HB

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<P>This resource provides a comprehensive and authoritative overview of the American foster care system. Areas of coverage include the scaffolding of foster care systems in the various states (each of which operate their own unique systems through their social service agencies); conditions under which children are taken out of their families of origin and placed in foster care; the experiences of both young children and older teens in foster homes; challenges for foster children who <Q>age out</Q> of the system; and proposals to reform and improve foster care across the nation. Geared for students, this book contains chapters devoted to the background and history of foster care in America; the system's problems, controversies, and solutions; original essay contributions exploring various facets of the system; profiles of leading foster care activists and organizations; governmental data and excerpts of primary documents on the topic; and an annotated list of important books, scholarly journals, and nonprint sources for further research. It closes with a detailed chronology, glossary of terms, and subject index.</P>

Foster Care in America

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Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Other Frontmatter.
Other Frontmatter.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Other Frontmatter.
1: Background and History.
2: Problems, Controversies, and Solutions.
Perspectives.
3: Changing Laws, Changing Lives.
4: Combating &#x201C;Stereotype Threat&#x201D; among Foster Youth.
5: My Life in Foster Care.
6: Improving Trauma-Informed Treatment of Foster Children.
7: Faith-Based Agencies and Communities Are Essential in Child Welfare Work.
8: Fostering Amid the Opioid Crisis: My Family&#x0027;s Story.
9: They Call Me Mom.
10: Profiles.
Data and Documents.
11: Data.
12: Documents.
13: Resources.
14: Chronology.
Glossary.
Index.
About the Author.

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