Full Description
The Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA), which became law in 1997, elicited a major shift in federal policy and thinking toward child welfare, emphasizing children's safety, permanency, and well-being over preserving biological ties at all costs. The first edition of this volume mapped the field of child welfare after ASFA's passage, detailing the practices, policies, programs, and research affected by the legislation's new attitude toward care. This second edition highlights the continuously changing child welfare climate in the U.S., including content on the Fostering Connections Act of 2008. The authors have updated the text throughout, drawing from real-world case examples and data obtained from the national Child and Family Services Reviews and emerging empirically based practices. They have also added chapters addressing child welfare workforce issues, supervision, and research and evaluation. The volume is divided into four sections-child and adolescent well-being, child and adolescent safety, permanency for children and adolescents, and systemic issues within services, policies, and programs.
Recognized scholars, practitioners, and policy makers discuss meaningful engagement with families, particularly Latino families; health care for children and youth, including mental health care; effective practices with LGBT youth and their families; placement stability; foster parent recruitment and retention; and the challenges of working with immigrant children, youth, and families.
Contents
Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: An Overview of Children, Youth, and Family Services, Policies, and Programs in the United States, by Gerald P. Mallon and Peg McCartt Hess Historical Evolution of Child Welfare Services, by Brenda McGowan Part 1. Child and Adolescent Well-Being Family Support Services, by Susan P. Kemp, Tracey K. Burke, Kara Allen-Eckard, Melissa F. Becker, and Amy Ackroyd Meaningful Family Engagement, by Nicole Bossard, Angela Braxton, and Debra Conway Engaging Latino Families, by Hilda Rivera-Rodriguez Health Care for Children and Youth, by Jan McCarthy and Maria Woolverton Mental Health Care for Children and Youth, by Martha Morrison Dore Educational Issues for Children and Youth, by Kristin Kelly, Kathleen McNaught, and Janet Stotland LGBT Youth and Their Families, by Diane Elze Runaway and Homeless Youth, by Karen M. Staller Part 2. Child and Adolescent Safety Child Abuse and Neglect, by Neil B. Guterman, Kristin L. Berg, and Catherine A. Taylor Child Protective Services, by Diane DePanfilis and Theresa Costello Risk Assessment, by Aron Shlonsky and Eileen Gambrill Family Preservation, by Marianne Berry and Sara McLean Sexual Abuse Issues, by Kathleen Coulborn Faller Substance Abuse Issues, by Joseph P. Ryan and Hui Huang Domestic Violence Issues, by Judy Postmus Part 3. Permanency for Children and Adolescents Reunification, by Barbara A. Pine, Robin Spath, and Stephanie Gosteli Guardianship, by Mark Testa and Jennifer Miller Customary Adoption for American Indian and Alaskan Native Children, by Terry Cross Kinship Care, by Rebecca L. Hegar and Maria Scannapieco Adoption, by Gerald P. Mallon Birthmothers, by Leslie Doty Hollingsworth Adoption Disruption, by Trudy Festinger Unpacking Permanency for Youth: Overuse/Misuse of Another Planned Permanent Living Arrangement (APPLA) as a Permanency Goal, by Jennifer Renne and Gerald P. Mallon Youth Development and Transitional Living Services, by Mary Elizabeth Collins Family Foster Care, by Madelyn Freundlich Residential Services, by Lloyd Bullard, Katherine Gaughan, and Larry W. Owens Sibling Issues, by Rebecca L. Hegar Visits: Critical to the Well-Being and Permanency of Children and Youth in Care, by Peg McCartt Hess Postpermanency Services, by Madelyn Freundlich and Lois Wright Part 4. Systemic Issues in Children, Youth, and Family Services, Policies, and Programs The Child and Family Services Reviews, by Linda Mitchell, Miranda Lynch Thomas, and Bonita Parker Placement Stability, by Amy C. D'Andrade and Sigrid James Foster Parent Recruitment and Retention, by Eileen Mayers Pasztor and Myrna L. McNitt Legal and Judicial Engagement, by Marvin Ventrell Child Welfare Workforce Issues, by Sara Munson, Mary McCarthy, and Nancy Dickinson Child Welfare Supervision, by Cathryn C. Potter, Michele Hanna, and Charmaine Brittain Research and Evaluation, by Crystal Collins-Camargo Disproportionate Representation of Children and Youth, by Ruth G. McRoy Fatherhood, by Tanya M. Coakley Immigrant Children, Youth, and Families, by Ilze Earner, Rowena Fong, and Carol Smolenski Contributors Index
