As a foster carer, you can choose from several different
types of care placements ranging from emergency care right through to respite and longer term care.
Not exact matches
The organization must complete a separate application advising how it will operate and hold animals and handle animals with behavior issues and medical or health issues, its adoption or
placement programs, training for staff or volunteers, veterinary
care,
types of animals and number it will hold at one time, return policy, and what work the organization will do to help abandoned, lost or recovered animals in the county.
It would be simple: The list would include the name and contact information for each approved organization, the
types and breeds
of animals they accept, and any resources they have available such as veterinary, rehabilitative or other
care;
care for special needs animals, training or behavior modification programs, or appropriate sanctuary or long term
placement.
Racial differences in the length
of stay in foster
care and
types of placements may also account for over-representation
of minority children in out -
of - home
care.
Indeed, during the 1970s, child welfare services were specifically targeted at two
types of children — those without extraordinary behavior problems who needed protection from parental abuse and those with extraordinary behavior problems whose parents often needed the assistance
of treatment or
placement services.27 Although the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act
of 1980 and subsequent child welfare legislation made federal funding for child welfare services contingent on parental incapacity or abuse, many children continue to enter
care because
of behavior problems.
National Conference
of State Legislatures (2016) Describes
types of placements for foster children and why kinship
care is often the least restrictive, most family - like environment available and therefore the most preferred.
The data collected include information on admissions to
care during theyear by age and gender and placement type; the primary reasons for admission to care; legal reasons for admissions into care (Care Orders; Voluntary Care); Number of children by age and gender subject to a new Supervision Order; Number of children by age and gender who are subject to a Supervision Order; Third Care Placement within 12 months: Total length of time in care; Annual aftercare metrics; Youth Homeless annual return metrics; Number of discharges from care by age and gender and care placement type (from 2013); Number of children in care by age and gender and care type; Legal reason for being in care on 31st December by age, gender and care t
care during theyear by age and gender and
placement type; the primary reasons for admission to
care; legal reasons for admissions into care (Care Orders; Voluntary Care); Number of children by age and gender subject to a new Supervision Order; Number of children by age and gender who are subject to a Supervision Order; Third Care Placement within 12 months: Total length of time in care; Annual aftercare metrics; Youth Homeless annual return metrics; Number of discharges from care by age and gender and care placement type (from 2013); Number of children in care by age and gender and care type; Legal reason for being in care on 31st December by age, gender and care t
care; legal reasons for admissions into
care (Care Orders; Voluntary Care); Number of children by age and gender subject to a new Supervision Order; Number of children by age and gender who are subject to a Supervision Order; Third Care Placement within 12 months: Total length of time in care; Annual aftercare metrics; Youth Homeless annual return metrics; Number of discharges from care by age and gender and care placement type (from 2013); Number of children in care by age and gender and care type; Legal reason for being in care on 31st December by age, gender and care t
care (
Care Orders; Voluntary Care); Number of children by age and gender subject to a new Supervision Order; Number of children by age and gender who are subject to a Supervision Order; Third Care Placement within 12 months: Total length of time in care; Annual aftercare metrics; Youth Homeless annual return metrics; Number of discharges from care by age and gender and care placement type (from 2013); Number of children in care by age and gender and care type; Legal reason for being in care on 31st December by age, gender and care t
Care Orders; Voluntary
Care); Number of children by age and gender subject to a new Supervision Order; Number of children by age and gender who are subject to a Supervision Order; Third Care Placement within 12 months: Total length of time in care; Annual aftercare metrics; Youth Homeless annual return metrics; Number of discharges from care by age and gender and care placement type (from 2013); Number of children in care by age and gender and care type; Legal reason for being in care on 31st December by age, gender and care t
Care); Number
of children by age and gender subject to a new Supervision Order; Number
of children by age and gender who are subject to a Supervision Order; Third
Care Placement within 12 months: Total length of time in care; Annual aftercare metrics; Youth Homeless annual return metrics; Number of discharges from care by age and gender and care placement type (from 2013); Number of children in care by age and gender and care type; Legal reason for being in care on 31st December by age, gender and care t
Care Placement within 12 months: Total length
of time in
care; Annual aftercare metrics; Youth Homeless annual return metrics; Number of discharges from care by age and gender and care placement type (from 2013); Number of children in care by age and gender and care type; Legal reason for being in care on 31st December by age, gender and care t
care; Annual aftercare metrics; Youth Homeless annual return metrics; Number
of discharges from
care by age and gender and care placement type (from 2013); Number of children in care by age and gender and care type; Legal reason for being in care on 31st December by age, gender and care t
care by age and gender and
care placement type (from 2013); Number of children in care by age and gender and care type; Legal reason for being in care on 31st December by age, gender and care t
care placement type (from 2013); Number
of children in
care by age and gender and care type; Legal reason for being in care on 31st December by age, gender and care t
care by age and gender and
care type; Legal reason for being in care on 31st December by age, gender and care t
care type; Legal reason for being in
care on 31st December by age, gender and care t
care on 31st December by age, gender and
care t
care type.
It includes records
of all child protection contacts with FACS, including information about whether a child has: (1) been assessed by a child protection caseworker as being at actual harm / risk
of harm; (2) had a legal decision made in relation to them (eg, court orders); (3) been placed in out -
of - home
care (including
type of care and number
of placements); (4) been referred to and participated in a FACS early intervention programme (eg, Brighter Futures).
Outcome measures included
type and number
of placements, time in foster
care before permanent
placement, and failure
of a permanent
placement.
This study aimed to evaluate the associations
of four public
care exposures:
type of placement, length
of placement, age at admission to
care and number
of placements, as well as the reasons for admission to public
care with emotional and behavioural traits at age 30 years.
Guidance for Child Welfare Administrators on Achieving Racial Equity Policy for Results, Center for the Study
of Social Policy Provides guidance for child welfare administrators for finding the causes
of disproportionality and developing policies on how to measure and improve preventive services, entries into
care,
placement type, length
of stay, and permanency for children and families
of color.
However, the BEIP project in Romania found that gender could be a moderating factor to the effects
of placement in foster
care after institutionalisation, with girls responding in a more positive way to the change in
type of placement than boys (McLaughlin et al. 2012).