Child welfare for the twenty-first century : a handbook of practices, policies, and programs

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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 p. ix
  • Acknowledgments p. xv
  • Introduction: An Overview of Children, Youth, and Family Services, Policies, and Programs in the United States p. 1 Gerald P. Mallon and Peg McCartt Hess
  • Historical Evolution of Child Welfare Services p. 11 Brenda G. McGowan
  • Part 1 Child and Adolescent Well-Being
  • Family Support Services p. 51 Susan P. Kemp and Tracey K. Burke and Kara Allen-Eckard and Melissa F. Becker and Amy Ackroyd
  • Meaningful Family Engagement p. 70 Nicole Bossard and Angela Braxton and Debra Conway
  • Engaging Latino Families p. 86 Hilda Rivera-Rodriguez
  • Health Care for Children and Youth p. 94 Jan McCarthy and Maria Woolverton
  • Mental Health Care for Children and Youth p. 115 Martha Morrison Dore
  • Educational Issues for Children and Youth p. 145 Kristin Kelly and Kathleen McNaught and Janet Stotland
  • LGBT Youth and Their Families p. 158 Diane Elze
  • Runaway and Homeless Youth p. 179 Karen M. Staller
  • Part 2 Child and Adolescent Safety
  • Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect p. 207 Neil B. Guterman and Kristin L. Berg and Catherine A. Taylor
  • Child Protective Services p. 236 Diane DePanfilis and Theresa Costello
  • Risk Assessment p. 253 Aron Shlonsky and Eileen Gambaill
  • Family Preservation p. 270 Marianne Berry and Sara McLean
  • Sexual Abuse Issues p. 288 Kathleen Coulborn Faller
  • Substance Abuse Issues p. 299 Joseph P. Ryan and Hui Huang
  • Domestic Violence Issues p. 312 Judy L. Postmus
  • Part 3 Permanency for Children and Adolescents
  • Reunification p. 339 Barbara A. Pine and Robin Spath and Stephanie Gosteli
  • Guardianship p. 355 Mark F. Testa and Jennifer Miller
  • Customary Adoption for American Indian and Alaskan Native Children p. 373 Terry L. Cross
  • Kinship Care p. 382 Rebecca L. Hegar and Maria Scannapieco
  • Adoption p. 401 Gerald P. Mallon
  • Birth Mothers p. 424 Leslie Doty Hollingsworth
  • Adoption Disruption p. 437 Trudy Festinger
  • Unpacking Permanency for Youth: Overuse/Misuse of Another Planned Permanent Living Arrangement (APPLA) as a Permanency Goal p. 455 Jennifer Renne and Gerald P. Mallon
  • Youth Development and Transitional Living Services p. 467 Mary Elizabeth Collins
  • Family Foster Care p. 480 Madelyn Freundlich
  • Residential Services p. 498 Lloyd Bullard and Katherine Gaughan and Larry W. Owens
  • Sibling Issues p. 516 Rebecca L. Hegar
  • Visits: Critical to the Well-Being and Permanency of Children and Youth in Care p. 527 Peg McCartt Hess
  • Postpermanency Services p. 543 Madelyn Freundlich and Lois Wright
  • Part 4 Systemic Issues in Child Welfare
  • The Child and Family Services Reviews p. 567 Linda Mitchell and Miranda Lynch Thomas and Bonita Parker
  • Placement Stability p. 583 Amy C. D'Andrade and Sigrid James
  • Foster Parent Recruitment, Retention, Development, and Support p. 601 Eileen Mayers Pasztor and Myrna L. McNitt
  • Legal and Judicial Engagement p. 616 Marvin Ventrell
  • Child Welfare Workforce Issues p. 624 Sara Munson and Mary McCarthy and Nancy Dickinson
  • Child Welfare Supervision p. 643 Cathryn C. Potter and Michele Hanna and Charmaine Brittain
  • Research and Evaluation p. 660 Crystal Collins-Camargo
  • Disproportionate Representation of Children and Youth p. 680 Ruth G. McRoy
  • Fatherhood p. 694 Tanya M. Coakley
  • Immigrant Children, Youth, and Families p. 710 Ilze Earner and Rowena Fong and Carol Smolenski
  • Contributors p. 721
  • Index p. 727

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