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Not For Poverty Alone: Foster Care Population Trends In The Twentieth Century, Leroy H. Pelton
Not For Poverty Alone: Foster Care Population Trends In The Twentieth Century, Leroy H. Pelton
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Trends in the size of the national foster care population from 1910 to 1983 are examined in the context of child welfare policy toward dependent and neglected children. Several major turning points in the child placement rate are identified, and the reasons for them are explored. The relationship between poverty and foster care placement is discussed, and it is concluded that the child placement rate is not related to the poverty rate, but rather, to how our society chooses to intervene with the children of families living in poverty.
Afdc Encounters Joint Custody: Business As Usual Is Not The Solution, Jan L. Hagen
Afdc Encounters Joint Custody: Business As Usual Is Not The Solution, Jan L. Hagen
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
In the fifty years since its enactment, Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) has become increasingly difficult to administer efficiently and equitably. Most recently, this increasing complexity is illustrated by eligibility determinations for divorced families having joint custody of the children. A recent national survey of state agencies administering AFDC programs reveals a diversity of approaches in determining eligibility under the continued absence requirement for joint custody situations. As illustrated by these joint custody cases, the meaningfulness as well as the usefulness of the continued absence requirement for AFDC eligibility has become increasingly questionable in terms of responding to …