LEADER 02366oam 2200481 450 001 9910162749803321 005 20170523091549.0 010 $a0-7377-4825-7 035 $a(OCoLC)406179508 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL2UXU 035 $a(EXLCZ)992500000000001052 100 $a20070719d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aFoster care /$fJill Hamilton, book editor 210 1$aDetroit, Mich. :$cGreenhaven Press,$d2007. 215 $a1 online resource (104 pages) $ccolor illustrations, map 225 1 $aIssues that concern you 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7377-2711-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aExplores the issues surrounding foster care. Presents diversity of opinion on the topic, including both conservative and liberal points of view in an even balance. 410 0$aIssues that concern you. 606 $aFoster home care$zUnited States 606 $aFoster home care$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aFoster children$xServices for$zUnited States 606 $aFoster parents$zUnited States 615 0$aFoster home care 615 0$aFoster home care$xHistory. 615 0$aFoster children$xServices for 615 0$aFoster parents 676 $a362.73/30973 702 $aHamilton$b Jill 801 0$bMiFhGG 801 1$bMiFhGG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910162749803321 996 $aFoster care$92874216 997 $aUNINA