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Foster Care in America

A Reference Handbook

by Christina G. Villegas
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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.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Contemporary World Issues

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  • Release date

    May 18, 2022

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      • ISBN: 9798216086420

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      • ISBN: 9798216086420
      • File size: 1366 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      July 1, 2022

      Hotly debated topics benefit from discussion in edited reference works that offer both facts and perspectives on the topic from multiple voices and viewpoints. This book edited by Villegas (political science, California State Univ.) is happily no outlier in that regard, though it does stand out for its level of detail, compared to narrative nonfiction works on foster care. An introduction includes an overview of the current U.S. foster care system and its history, structure, and policies. This is followed by probably the most useful--and arguably most controversial--section, "Problems, Controversies, and Solutions," which addresses issues such as children who run away, racial bias in the foster care system, LGBTQ+ rights and religious exemptions, and the challenges introduced by COVID. The preceding is all by Villegas; in the next section, there are texts by foster parents and adults who grew up in foster care (who discuss their own experiences of the system) and by social workers and other professionals (Terri Galindo of the 4Kids organization, writing about trauma-informed care; Darcy Olsen of Gen Justice, on foster care legislation). Profiles of secular and religious foster organizations follow, as well as a valuable "Data and Documents" section. VERDICT Worth strong consideration by both public and academic libraries.--Henrietta Verma

      Copyright 2022 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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