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"Some say life is simple, but we insist on making it complicated. Child welfare is just the opposite. It's really complicated, but we keep trying to make it simple."
A subset of older youth in the American foster care system have been bounced between foster homes, psychiatric hospitals, kinship care, homelessness, and juvenile detention. Deeply wounded by their circumstances and disengaged from society, some are placed in a Residential Treatment Center--the least understood, most maligned, and most expensive level of foster care. Pain and Promise is about these kids, the system "outliers." It showcases their voices, reveals the inside story about the residential treatment programs devoted to their care, and reflects on Nan Dale's 30 years of experience, including her 22 years as CEO of The Children's Village (CV). This book reimagines how to address a myriad of challenges and provide these kids with the opportunities they need and deserve. Aron Myers, a former resident of CV and now an accomplished clinical social worker, helps bring the book's many pieces together. Pain and Promise addresses the question of whether group care programs for foster youth should exist at all. New regulations and family support programs have improved the lives of many kids, but some have been damaged by one-size-fits-all policies. Residential treatment has been their placement of last resort, yet recent legislation is pushing these programs into extinction and offering few good options. This book offers an honest look at residential care because Dale and Myers are serious about providing all children, including those dangerously disconnected from us all, a genuine shot at a safe and fulfilling future
Contents
Part 1 Residential Treatment: It's Complicated 1: Wiltwyck School for Boys: A Revolution in Group Care 2: The Children's Village: Rising to New Challenges 3: Aron's Odyssey Part 2 When Bad Things Happen to Good Regulations 4: Reform Versus Ruin 5: The Carter Brothers' Long Road to Permanency 6: Jack's World and the Adoption Option 7: No Easy Answers for a Troubled System 8: Matt's Fight to Survive Part 3 Colliding Systems of Care 9: Crossover Youth 10: Shawn's Struggle with Child Welfare and Mental Health 11: Ethan's Search for Juvenile Justice 12: Adolescent Sex Offenders Who Want to Be Seven Forever Part 4 What's War Got to Do with It? 13: Casualties of War in Croatia, Bosnia, and America 14: Collateral Damage at the Children's Village 15: Malik Will Tell You About Fury Part 5 A Better Future for Foster Care Youth 16: The Power of Purpose, Education, Work, and Caring Adults 17: A Delicate Balance: The Competing Needs of Adolescents Aging Out of Care 18: New Laws, for Better and for Worse 19: Opportunity Planning
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