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Falling Through The Cracks: The American Indian Foster Care To Sexual Exploitation Pipeline And The Need For Expanded American Indian Community Services In Minnesota, Sadie Hart
DePaul Journal for Social Justice
No abstract provided.
A Cure Worse Than The Disease? The Impact Of Removal On Children And Their Families, Vivek Sankaran, Christopher Church, Monique Mitchell
A Cure Worse Than The Disease? The Impact Of Removal On Children And Their Families, Vivek Sankaran, Christopher Church, Monique Mitchell
Marquette Law Review
Removing children from their parents is child welfare’s most drastic
intervention. Research clearly establishes the profound and irreparable
damage family separation can inflict on children and their parents. To ensure
that this intervention is only used when necessary, a complex web of state and
federal constitutional principles, statutes, administrative regulations, judicial
decisions, and agency policies govern the removal decision. Central to these
authorities is the presumption that a healthy and robust child welfare system
keeps families together, protects children from harm, and centers on the needs
of children and their parents.
Yet, research and practice—supported by administrative data—paint a
different …
Integrating Education Advocacy Into Child Welfare Practice: Working Models, Jennifer N. Rosen Valverde, Cara Chambers, Megan Blamble Dho, Regina Schaefer
Integrating Education Advocacy Into Child Welfare Practice: Working Models, Jennifer N. Rosen Valverde, Cara Chambers, Megan Blamble Dho, Regina Schaefer
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
No abstract provided.
Trying To Fit Square Pegs Into Round Holes: The Need For A New Funding Scheme For Kinship Caregivers, Randi Mandelbaum
Trying To Fit Square Pegs Into Round Holes: The Need For A New Funding Scheme For Kinship Caregivers, Randi Mandelbaum
Fordham Urban Law Journal
This article discusses the inadequacy of the current welfare system in meeting the needs of so-called "kinship caregivers." It summarizes the provisions of the two major programs for these individuals - the Aid to Families with Dependent Children fund, and the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act. It explains the difficulty for kinship caregivers under these systems, and outlines a proposed legislative solution whereby individuals in nontraditional family structures could more easily qualify for welfare.
Lashawn A. V. Dixon: Responding To The Pleas Of Children, Stacy Marie Colvin
Lashawn A. V. Dixon: Responding To The Pleas Of Children, Stacy Marie Colvin
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.