Category: Foster Care

Foster Care Peculiarities In The United States Abstract Efforts at child protection are structured by the policy regimes in which they are enmeshed (Edwards, 2016). According to Nesmith, Patton, Christophersen, & Smart (2017), the goal of the US foster care system is to provide safe, stable, nurturing home environments for children who cannot safely live…

Foster Care And Homelessness Benjamin Eaton was Americas first foster child at 7 years old. Since then, Charles Loring Brace started the free foster home movement in 1853. Now, there is approximately 440,000 foster youth nationwide. When it comes to the topic of foster care, most experts will readily agree that emancipating youth do become…

The Harsh Reality Of The Foster Care System Have you ever heard anything dealing with the issues of the foster care system lately? Well, to begin with, the foster care system, is a government program where children are placed in if they ever become an orphan or are taken custody of by the child protective…

Broken Foster Care System Foster care system is one of the biggest crisis that America is facing today. Foster care refers to a minor who faced neglect or any abuse and is a place in a ward, group home, or a private home care giver. This event means the government has a sole custody of…

How Growing Up In Foster Care Affects Different Domains The foster system is in place to aid children whose parents or families cannot take care of them, the system creates a nurturing place for children to grow up in temporary placement until they can be reunified with their families or when a permanent home has…

How Does Long Term Foster Care Affect Foster Children Instead of growing in my belly, you have grown in my heart by an anonymous person. What this quote tells me is even though she might not have the same DNA, be related that she is still a mother that can still have a natural maternal…

Foster Care: History, Aspects And Improvements Foster Care Foster homes, currently in the state of Alabama, house approximately 6,000 youth (under 21) in the foster care system. Internationally in the US there were over 670,000 in the foster care system. The idea of foster homes in America was birthed from the English Poor Laws. These…

Fixing Foster Care System As structure changes in the family, children have to pay the price of it. Children in the home may lose the comfort of a balanced household, or even a school to call theirs when the parents decide they are no longer in the picture. This is an issue that is not…