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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Foster home care
ISBN : PSU:000014999697
Author : Adrienne L. Fernandes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Foster children
ISBN : 1606920693
Nearly half of states have laws that explicitly permit the state child welfare system to continue providing foster care for children beyond the age of majority (usually no later than 19). However, the number of states that actually facilitate youth remaining in care beyond their 18th or 19th birthdays is significantly smaller. Over 20,000 young people have been emancipated from foster care annually from FY2002 through FY2006. While most young people have access to emotional and financial support systems throughout their early adult years, older youth in care and those who age out of care often face obstacles to developing independent living skills and building supports that ease the transition to adulthood. Older foster youth who return to their parents or guardians may continue to experience poor family dynamics or a lack of emotional and financial supports, and studies have shown that recently emancipated foster youth fare poorly relative to their counterparts in the general population on several outcome measures. Recognising the difficulties faced by older youth in care and youth emancipating from foster care, Congress created a new Independent Living initiative (P.L. 99-272)in 1986 to assist certain older foster youth as they enter adulthood. The legislation authorised mandatory funding to states under a new Section 477 of the Social Security Act. In 1999, the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Act (P.L. 106-169) replaced the Independent Living Program with the Chafee Foster Care Independence Program (CFCIP) and doubled the total annual funds available to states from $70 million to $140 million. The law also expanded the population of youth eligible to receive independent living services - with no lower age limit - and gave states greater flexibility in designing independent living programs. Independent living services can refer to assistance in obtaining a high school diploma, training in daily living skills, and training in financial management, among other services. Amendments to the CFCIP in FY2002 (P.L. 107-133) authorised discretionary funding for states to provide education and training vouchers to eligible youth. Along with the CFCIP, federal child welfare law and other federal programs are intended to help older current youth in care and foster care alumni make the transition to adulthood. The federal foster care program has protections in place to ensure that older youth in care have a written case plan that addresses the programs and services that will assist in this transition, among other supports. Further, federal law authorises funding for states to provide workforce assistance and housing to older foster youth. Despite these efforts and the resilience displayed by current and former foster youth, policymakers and child welfare practitioners have suggested that at a minimum, young people need better support to build stronger connections with caring adults before leaving foster care and should have the option to remain in care upon reaching their 18th or 19th birthdays.
Author : Madelyn DeWoody,Kathy Ceja,Megan Sylvester,Child Welfare League of America
Publisher : CWLA Press (Child Welfare League of America)
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015032300793
Adjustment to adulthood and independence may be particularly difficult for youth in out-of-home care, since they frequently lack family and social supports as safety nets. This book reports on the results of a survey of youth-serving agencies conducted by CWLA and offers recommendations for the further development and support of independent living services.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Human Resources
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105050124077
Author : United States
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 14 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Foster children
ISBN : UCR:31210024724997
Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781428974142
Author : Edmund V. Mech
Publisher : CWLA Press (Child Welfare League of America)
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : UOM:39015016172655
Author : Brittney Lynn Boyer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Crime
ISBN : OCLC:1127745898
Homelessness is often linked to the commission of crimes of survival (i.e. property and violent crimes) and 'quality of life' offenses (seen in city ordinances). One population with particularly high rates of homelessness is youths exiting state-provided foster care systems. Studies show that youths who are emancipated from these systems lack sufficient life skills, which results in approximately one in four experiencing periods of homelessness in the years following emancipation. Independent Living Programs strive to prepare older foster youth for the transition out of care to self-sufficiency. This author reviewed The Inn Home's Independent Living Program in Portland, Oregon. Based on this review and subsequent reviews of literature, recommendations for programming to reduce the rates of homelessness and the related commission of survivalist crimes are presented; these include, increased focus on job readiness skills training as well as transitional housing resources.
Author : Benjamin Kerman,Madelyn Freundlich,Anthony N. Maluccio
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Foster children
ISBN : 9780231146890
Contains essays in which the authors describe the problem of achieving permanence in foster care for older children and youth, and examine policy responses to the permanency needs of youth.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
ISBN : UOM:39015050195414
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Human Resources
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Adoption
ISBN : UCR:31210015381567
Author : United States
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1342 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Law
ISBN : UCR:31210025663293
Author : Benjamin Kerman,Madelyn Freundlich,Anthony Maluccio
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2009-05-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780231519328
Through a novel integration of child welfare data, policy analysis, and evidence-informed youth permanency practice, the essays in this volume show how to achieve and sustain family permanence for older children and youth in foster care. Researchers examine what is known about permanency outcomes for youth in foster care, how the existing knowledge base can be applied to improve these outcomes, and the directions that future research should take to strengthen youth permanence practice and policy. Part 1 examines child welfare data concerning reunification, adoption, and relative custody and guardianship and the implications for practice and policy. Part 2 addresses law, regulation, court reform, and resource allocation as vital components in achieving and sustaining family permanence. Contributors examine the impact of policy change created by court reform and propose new federal and state policy directions. Part 3 outlines a range of practices designed to achieve family permanence for youth in foster care: preserving families through community-based services, reunification, adoption, and custody and guardianship arrangements with relatives. As growing numbers of youth continue to "age out" of foster care without permanent families, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers have increasingly focused on developing evidence-informed policies, practices, services and supports to improve outcomes for youth. Edited by leading professionals in the field, this text recommends the most relevant and effective methods for improving family permanency outcomes for older youth in foster care.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Emergency housing
ISBN : PURD:32754076267289
Author : Peter J. Pecora,James K. Whittaker,Richard P. Barth,Sharon Borja,William Vesneski
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351141147
Using both historical and contemporary contexts, The Child Welfare Challenge examines major policy practice and research issues as they jointly shape child welfare practice and its future. This text focuses on families and children whose primary recourse to services has been through publicly funded child welfare agencies, and considers historical areas of service—foster care and adoptions, in-home family-centered services, child-protective services, and residential treatment services—where social work has an important role. This fourth edition features new content on child maltreatment and prevention that is informed by key conceptual frameworks informed by brain science, public health, and other research. This edition uses cross-sector data and more sophisticated predictive and other analytical processes to enhance planning and practice design. The authors have streamlined content on child protective services (CPS) to allow for new chapters on juvenile justice/cross-over youth, and international innovations, as well as more content on biology and brain science. The fourth edition includes a glossary of terms as well as instructor and student resource papers available online.