Foster Care in America - A Reference Handbook

America''s foster care system has a noble goal-to care for children that for various reasons can no longer be cared for by their families-but years of inattention and inadequate funding have left many foster youth in a precarious state. 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 "age out" 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 systems''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.

About the author

Christina G. Villegas, PhD, is Professor of Political Science at California State University-San Bernardino, USA.

Summary

This resource provides a comprehensive and authoritative overview of the American foster care system.

Product details

• Authors: Christina Villegas, Christina G Villegas, Christina G. Villegas
• Publisher: Abc Clio Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.05.2022
• EAN: 9781440874291
• ISBN: 978-1-4408-7429-1
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Contemporary World Issues
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development; Adoption, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Adoption & Fostering, LAW / Family Law / Children, Family & relationships, Adoption & fostering, Relationships and families: advice and issues, Adoption and fostering: advice and issues, Adoption and fostering, Family law: children