Sentences with phrase «american children in the child welfare system»

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Patrick Johnson, a researcher for the Canadian Council on Social Development, coined the term «Sixties Scoop» in a 1983 report that explored the mass apprehension of Aboriginal children from their homes and reserves and into Canadian and American child welfare systems during the 1960s.

In regard to child welfare system involvement, Barth and colleagues (2001) have suggested that the overrepresentation of African - American children may be due to their increased need for child welfare services due to the many poverty - related risk factors that they experience, such as substance abuse, mental health problems, and academic underachievement.

Grandfamilies State Law and Policy Resource Center Casey Family Programs, American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law, & Generations United (2012) Presents a searchable database of current State laws and pending legislation in support of grandfamilies, and assists policymakers in exploring policy options to support relatives and the children in their care both inside and outside of the child welfareChildren and the Law, & Generations United (2012) Presents a searchable database of current State laws and pending legislation in support of grandfamilies, and assists policymakers in exploring policy options to support relatives and the children in their care both inside and outside of the child welfarechildren in their care both inside and outside of the child welfare system.

A major issue in this area is the capacity of staff to work with the multitude of ethnic and cultural groups that currently characterize the American populace (see U.S. Census Bureau, 2000), and thus are involved in the child welfare system.

Because reunification is less likely for children in kinship care, African - American children may remain in the child welfare system longer than children of other races (Ards, Chung, & Myers, 1999; Terling, 1999; Everett, 1999).

Responding to concerns about the over-representation of minority children in the child welfare system, particularly African - American children, the Children's Bureau sponsored an exploratory qualitative study of the child welfare system's response to children ochildren in the child welfare system, particularly African - American children, the Children's Bureau sponsored an exploratory qualitative study of the child welfare system's response to children ochildren, the Children's Bureau sponsored an exploratory qualitative study of the child welfare system's response to children oChildren's Bureau sponsored an exploratory qualitative study of the child welfare system's response to children ochildren of color.

In the general population, four times as many African American children as Caucasian children become wards of the state; the former also spend a longer time in the child welfare system [Everett et al. 1991; Edelman 1987In the general population, four times as many African American children as Caucasian children become wards of the state; the former also spend a longer time in the child welfare system [Everett et al. 1991; Edelman 1987in the child welfare system [Everett et al. 1991; Edelman 1987].

At any given time, more than half a million American children reside in foster care, and more than 800,000 children pass through the foster care system annually.57 Almost 30,000 young adults annually leave foster care without achieving permanency in familial relationships.58 Despite spending billions of dollars annually on in home child protection services for abusive and neglectful families and foster care, 59 the effectiveness of standard child welfare services is largely unproven.

Recruiting Families for Native American Children: Strengthening Partnerships for Success (PDF - 115) The National Resource Center for Diligent Recruitment at AdoptUSKids (2015) Provides suggestions for child welfare systems to recruit families for Native American children in fostChildren: Strengthening Partnerships for Success (PDF - 115) The National Resource Center for Diligent Recruitment at AdoptUSKids (2015) Provides suggestions for child welfare systems to recruit families for Native American children in fostchildren in foster care.

Recruiting Families for Native American Children: Strengthening Partnerships for Success (PDF - 107 KB) National Resource Center for Diligent Recruitment at AdoptUSKids (2015) Provides ideas and suggestions for specific strategies State and county child welfare systems can use to recruit families for Native American children in fostChildren: Strengthening Partnerships for Success (PDF - 107 KB) National Resource Center for Diligent Recruitment at AdoptUSKids (2015) Provides ideas and suggestions for specific strategies State and county child welfare systems can use to recruit families for Native American children in fostchildren in foster care.

Examining African American Fathers» Involvement in Permanency Planning: An Effort to Reduce Racial Disproportionality in the Child Welfare System (PDF - 193 KB) Coakley (2008) Children and Youth Services Review, 30 View Abstract Examines the extent to which African - American fathers» involvement in permanency planning influences children's placement outcomes using a secondary data analysis of child welfare case recChild Welfare System (PDF - 193 KB) Coakley (2008) Children and Youth Services Review, 30 View Abstract Examines the extent to which African - American fathers» involvement in permanency planning influences children's placement outcomes using a secondary data analysis of child welfare case Children and Youth Services Review, 30 View Abstract Examines the extent to which African - American fathers» involvement in permanency planning influences children's placement outcomes using a secondary data analysis of child welfare case children's placement outcomes using a secondary data analysis of child welfare case recchild welfare case records.

In conclusion, there is some evidence, that the SAC may be a valid behavioral rating scale for African American youths in the child welfare and juvenile systeIn conclusion, there is some evidence, that the SAC may be a valid behavioral rating scale for African American youths in the child welfare and juvenile systein the child welfare and juvenile system.

Tayson and Glisson [102] examined the cross-ethnic measurement equivalence of the SAC using parent reports in a sample of African American and White children referred to a juvenile justice and child welfare system.

83 African - American families who adopted children from two private agencies in California between 1990 and 1995 (the majority of adoptees had been in the public child welfare system)