...There are approximately 670,000 children in foster care within the United states, 670, 000 kids that's the united states government is expected to feed, clothe, and provide a home for, leaving the United states economy. I propose a solution, one that will relieve the U.S. foster care system of all its burden, what if we hurdled up all the children over the age of ten, since less than twenty-three percent of children over the age of ten are wanted or are adopted within the U.S foster care system. Therefore, instead of scouring around to find decent homes and paying thousands of dollars to an individual to take care of these children who will not get adopted, but will also only be thrown into the streets on their eighteenth birthday without...
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...Our Foster System Children are the backbone of any society. They represent what will come of that future society. Unfortunately, not all children are cared for, this can be a problem when we look at how children in the foster care system will grow up. When looking at the present time, there is major flaws in the current foster care system. The children today are not being properly taken care of. There are many reasons including: Poor funding, lack of homes, and settling issues. Overall, the flaws are making an unstable households and the issue must be fixed. The foster system of today is broken, the child inside are struggling mentally and physically; the system needs to be improved, the opposing view would be that foster care is successful...
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...“Eighty percent of adolescents entering the foster care system have severe mental health problems” (Source E). Children in the foster care system have experienced trauma, abuse and neglect, and counseling is an effective non-drug solution. However the majority of these children are misdiagnosed; foster children are prescribed psychiatric drugs instead of counseling or other non-drug alternatives. These misdiagnoses are then added to a child’s medical history, which lacks consistency from constantly being transferred to different homes. Overhauling America’s foster care system will be challenging and strenuous, but is a necessary step in improving the welfare of foster children, who spend on average over two years in purported temporary placement...
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...The foster care system is when a minor is placed into a group home through the government's social service. Many kids who go into care today are victims of either violence or sexual assault. Not only that but on any day 415,000 kids enter the U.S foster care system. But only 59% of them are actually adopted each year. The greatest problem that I see facing society today is how corrupt the foster care system is. In order to help solve this problem I plan on understanding how the system works, giving , and get people to see many problems with foster care. The child welfare services investigate possible reports of child abuse or neglect. Some kids have relatives that could’ve saved them from being in foster care. But for most kids their...
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...Children and adolescents in the foster care system are at a higher risk for psychopathology than other children in the general population in our country. In February of 2015, Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) introduced the bipartisan legislation to improve foster care services for thousands of vulnerable youth in America. This bill would improve health care and mental health services to children and young people in the foster care system to ensure that effective community-based options are available for them and their families. “Therapeutic foster care, often referred to as treatment foster care (TFC), is the evidenced-informed trauma-informed and highly effective placement of children and youth with serious medical,...
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...about The Foster Care System. There are hundreds of thousands of kids that have been taken away from their home either from neglection, abuse etc and put into terrible temporary homes. We have forgotten how awful these kids’ situations are. The Foster Care System is broken and we need to help fix it. People need to advocate for these kids. Some kids are being put into dangerous homes. Foster kids may be abused in their foster homes as well as their biological families’ homes. They are not guaranteed safety. Liftingtheveil.org states, “over 28% of children in New York alone are abused while in ‘the system’” (The Foster Care System and Its Victims: Part 2). A solution to this would be doing monthly or weekly check ups in the homes that the kids are placed in, depending on the severity of the child’s background. Another solution could be making the background checks even more thorough. Some foster parents are just not cut out to be parents, and that needs to be recognized....
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...For this paper, I have selected to analyze the 25-year inflation record of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Convertible Mark. I have chosen this country and there inflation record for a couple of reasons. The number one reason being I spent nearly a year living in BiH. I experienced firsthand the hyperinflation the country suffered from. The BiH’s economy was devastated by civil war that broke out after the death of for former ruler of Yugoslavia Josip Broz Tito. Substantial progress has been made in economic improvement since peace was reconstructed in the republic. Inflation has remained low since reunification however, that was not always the case. Growth has been uneven. Privatization has been slow, and unemployment remains high. Bosnia's economy is boosted by its effective denationalization of the banking business. The tourism division has been improving and helping the economy, with popular winter skiing destinations. However, political corruption is one of the more acute problems in the country. Due the the fact that BiH was not a Country until after the civil war, inflation records are not available for the past 25 years. Below is the inflation rate on average consumer prices in Bosnia for 1999 to 2012. Year Inflation, average consumer prices 1999 2.758 2000 4.906 2001 4.614 2002 0.313 2003 0.547 2004 0.282 2005 3.582 2006 6.126 2007 1.495 2008 7.433 2009 -0.381 2010 2.123 The reason for inflation in BiH is similar to any other country. As the...
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...Foster care is an arrangement where a minor is placed under the care of a group home, ward or private home that has been certified by the government. There have been concerns that foster care services has inadequately delivered a high-quality of care for minors, and after so much criticism society has questioned the future reliability of foster care services. Much criticism has been directed toward the inadequacy of key requirements which has in turn undermined the success of foster care. The foster care system has been facing problems relating to finances, little or no training to the care givers, and inadequate access to respite are (Reinhard, Gien, Petlick, & Bemis, 2008). In addition, the children under this care achieve little in their education and development is below average. The aim of this paper is to analyze the inadequacies facing the foster care system, the effect these inadequacies have on children and adolescents in foster care, and theories coined for explaining these problems....
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...Chat 1 In this chat we discussed a one of the most vexing problems that California currently has. This problem is to provide high quality public education to all students and especially children in the foster-care system. As we talked about what resources are available for foster students, to achieve academic, academic and development, we have realized that we don’t know much information about available resources. LCAP funding, RTI, counselors or intervention teams are the first resources that came to our minds. We also discussed the confidentiality of the student records and how to identify Foster Youth students at school. Principal’s leadership to deliver this information to teachers will be a helpful step to identify these students without...
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...Psychotropic drugs are a serious issue in the foster care system in America. As the need for more medication for adolescents affected by psychological disorders and behavioral issues increases the government provides an additional excess in psychotropic drugs for proper dosage. In light of this, the foster system tends to overdose hyperactive or poorly behaved children in order to control their erratic mood swings and behaviors. These children are prescribed these drugs because they were likely treated improperly and now suffer with psychological issues. In most cases it is evident that the most misbehaved children are the ones who tend to be prescribed a surplus of these medications because prescribers believe that more medication implements more control over the child and their behaviors. Policies have been implemented...
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...settle, rather then get moved around and feel worthless because we feel that no one wants us.” When people think of foster care we think of a safe place for a child to live in temporarily, but we often don't realize what is happening in a foster care system. This quote comes from a foster care child who talks about the fears of never having parents or ever being accepted because they are in foster care. Foster care systems have face many difficulties, and increasing amount of children, and the problems that the children face in and out of foster care. In our world today the economy is so badly corrupted that permanency for a foster...
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...been placed into a new home with a new family. Your last family was unfit to take care of you, but now you're in better hands. Or so it seems. Six months later you're tired, beaten down, and slowly giving up on life. Your foster parents weren't as nurturing and loving as they seemed; although, the social worker who placed you in their care didn't know that, mainly because she didn't properly screen them before sending you into the home of strangers. Foster care reform is a drastically overlooked topic in America, which is becoming worse by the second. Although hundreds of thousands of children enter into the foster care system each year, foster care reform is a subject which is constantly...
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...What affect does foster care have on children? Is it a stable and supportive environment? Foster care allows kids to have a chance to live a somewhat normal life. There are advantages and disadvantages for kids living in foster homes, but questions arise when there are foster parents that do not provide a stable environment. When we are not aware of these situations of unstable foster homes the kids placed in those foster homes will not have a good survival rate for success. Although there are parents out there that provide security for their foster children, we still need to be aware of the circumstances of kids placed in foster homes that are not safe and secure. Foster care is a great system to provide kids with families who do not...
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...Kids, there are over 14,000 children in the foster care system in Ohio alone. (Adopt Us Kids, 2013) If we factor in the entire United States, that number goes up exponentially. However, for the purpose of this paper, all references will be related to the needs of the foster children in Ohio. Unfortunately, what is discussed in this paper relates to the needs of the other 386,000 or so kids in the foster care system throughout the United States. That need, the one that is so important, is the fact that there aren’t enough foster parents. There are more children in the foster care system than there are parents to take care of them. Foster care can be considered a necessary evil. The end results are not always what we hope them to be, but without it, so many more children would be lost. An article, written in 1986, says it best: “Foster care is a necessary evil”, explained Robert Hayes, a lawyer with the Coalition for the Homeless. In a recent interview with Children’s Express, “There are times and places when parents cannot take care of their kids. But sometimes, children can live for 18 years in ‘temporary foster care’.” Hayes goes on to say: “this accounts for why these children never learn many of the appropriate tools of life”. (Lin, Zelermyer, Young & Young, 1986) This paper, written in 1986, tells of the same exact issues that are faced today. Children are often forgotten about or misplaced because of the demands placed upon foster parents and social workers. Having more qualified...
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...The Impact of Foster Care on Child Development Demeka F. Gaddy Liberty University Abstract The foster care system was designed to provide a safe temporary placement for children who can no longer stay in the care of their parents or guardian. The overall goal of foster care is for the children to return home to their caregiver. If the caregiver fails to regain custody the child is placed in other living arrangements, to include foster homes. However there is a controversy over the effectiveness of the foster care system in regards to child development. Foster care has been linked to negative impacts in child development to include; physical and sexual abuse, attachment disorders, and behavioral problems that eventually lead to children being placed in multiple placements and in some cases the juvenile justice system,. Children who are in foster care are a vulnerable group due to the being removed from their home, in some cases abruptly. It has been proven that the longer children living in foster care are subject to negative development more than children who do not live in foster care. Based on these factors the foster care system needs to focus more on the needs of the child so that positive development can occur. Keywords: child welfare, abuse, child development The Negative Impacts of Foster Care on Child Development The foster care system was designed to provide a safety net for children and families and to reunite children with their biological parents if possible...
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