166 research outputs found
Grand facts: state fact sheets for grandparents and other relatives raising children
Statistics about children and grandparents living in New Hampshire and the services available to them for raising children
A comparison of kinship foster homes and foster family homes: Implications for kinship foster care as family preservation
The Impact of the Adoption and Safe Families Act on Children of Incarcerated Parents
On November 9, 1997, President Bill Clinton signed the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 (ASFA) to improve the safety of children, to promote adoption and other permanent homes for children, and to support families. The changes in ASFA are important to ensure the safety of children and increase their likelihood of placement in permanent homes. The change that requires close examination is the timeline for initiating the termination of parental rights (TPR) proceedings. Many people have questioned whether these changes, if applied in their strictest terms, have had a detrimental effect on children of prisoners, because a large percentage of incarcerated parents are sentenced to longer than two years in prison. This chapter examines the potential effect of ASFA\u27s TPR requirements on children of prisoners. In particular, it discusses the impact of ASFA and shows how easily parents can lose custody of children who are in foster care because of federal and state laws that shorten the time frame within which the state can permanently sever parental ties without taking incarceration into account
A comparison of LGBTQ youth and heterosexual youth in the child welfare system: Mental health and substance abuse occurrence and outcomes
Increasing Self-Empowerment related to Depression among Court-Involved Youth: The Moods Matter Project
Using youth expertise at all levels: The essential resource for effective child welfare practice
Effective workload management in child welfare: Understanding the relationship between caseload and workload
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