Foster Care in Five States [microform] : A Synthesis and Analysis of Studies from Arizona, California, Iowa, Massachusetts, and Vermont / Shirley M. Vasaly
- Bib ID:
- 5312050
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Vasaly, Shirley M
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED133071
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1976
- 156 p.
- Summary:
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A synthesis of data and major recommendations from foster care studies undertaken by the states of Arizona, California, Iowa, Massachusetts and Vermont, this report focuses on areas needing improvement. Covered in detail are: (1) the foster care system, its programs and goals; (2) foster children and their natural and foster families; (3) agency staffing and services; (4) fiscal considerations; and (5) community involvement. Emphasis is placed on the need to arouse public concern for action in improving foster care systems, which in the U.S. today involve some 400,000 children. Although differing in geographic location, ethnic composition and economic structure, all five states show similar inadequacies in their foster family service systems. Preventive and preplacement services are seen as particularly inadequate: family problems go unaided until the crisis state, forcing otherwise unnecessary foster care placement. Numbers of children in foster care then become overwhelming and children's needs and problems are neglected and increase in complexity, requiring specialized care facilities which are lacking. It is suggested that other states might find this report useful. Synopses of the major studies are included in the appendix. (Author/BF)
- Notes:
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- Sponsoring Agency: Office of Child Development (DHEW), Washington, DC.
- Sponsoring Agency: Office of Human Development (DHEW), Washington, DC.
- Sponsoring Agency: Children's Bureau (DHEW), Washington, DC.
- Contract Number: HEW-105-76-1120.
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
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- Adoption
- Caseworkers
- Child Abuse
- Child Advocacy
- Child Care
- Child Rearing
- Child Welfare
- Community Involvement
- Delinquency
- Family Characteristics
- Family Role
- Financial Needs
- Foster Children
- Foster Homes
- One Parent Family
- Parent Child Relationship
- Parent Role
- Social Services
- State Agencies
- State Surveys
- Arizona California Iowa Massachusetts Vermont
- Other authors/contributors:
- George Washington Univ., Washington, DC. Social Research Group
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Published
- Publication date:
- 1976
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