Foster care
By: Debra Bloom, editor.
Contributors: Bloom, Debra.
Series: At issue
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780737745146; 9780737745153
Subjects: Children -- Institutional care; Foster home care
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foster care : an overview / Tom Harris; title: Children are in foster care because they are poor / Gaylynn Burroughs; title: Children are in foster care because of parents' substance abuse / Joseph P. Ryan, Jeanne C. Marsh, Mark F. Testa, and Richard Louderman; title: Staying in a troubled home can be better than foster care placement / Joseph Doyle, Jr.; title: Foster children still need support as they reach adulthood / Toni Naccarato and Liliana Hern; title: Kinship care benefits foster children / Marlene Busko; title: Group homes help at-risk youth / Michael C. Farley; title: Group homes increase the risk of delinquency for foster children / Craig Chamberlain; title: White families may not be the best choice for adopting black children / David Crary; title: Race should not be considered when a family is qualified to adopt a child / Curtis L. Ivery; title: The indian child welfare act is needed to preserve indian culture / Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark and Kekek Jason Todd Stark; title: Schools take steps to meet the educational needs of foster children / Linda Jacobson; title: Schools do not meet the special education needs of foster children / Sarah Geenan and Laurie E. Powers; title: Privatized foster care is increasing / Douglas Quan.