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Record Nr.

UNINA9910162749803321

Titolo

Foster care / / Jill Hamilton, book editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Detroit, Mich. : , : Greenhaven Press, , 2007

ISBN

0-7377-4825-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (104 pages) : color illustrations, map

Collana

Issues that concern you

Disciplina

362.73/30973

Soggetti

Foster home care - United States

Foster home care - United States - History

Foster children - Services for - United States

Foster parents - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The history of foster care in the United States / Ellen Herman -- Public ignorance hurts the foster care system / Mary Bissell and Rob Geen -- Poorly trained "helping" professionals compound problems / Richard Delaney -- Homosexuals should not be foster parents / J. Richard Pearcey -- Foster kids have mixed feelings about gay foster parents -- Gay parents can solve foster parent shortage / The American Civil Liberties Union of Utah -- Foster kids need an alumni group / Bill Stanton -- Grandparents can cure foster care problems / Gerard Wallace -- Foster care funding needs changing / The Economist -- Family preservation is safer than foster care / National Coalition for Child Protection Reform -- Group homes don't teach kids how to live on their own / Kareem Banks.

Sommario/riassunto

Explores the issues surrounding foster care. Presents diversity of opinion on the topic, including both conservative and liberal points of view in an even balance.