Foster to adopt: pipeline to failure and the need for concurrent planning reform
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FOSTER TO ADOPT PIPELINE TO FAILURE AND THE NEED FOR CONCURRENT PLANNING REFORM
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J. C HILD . F AM . S TUD . 3771 (2016). 138. Id. at 1. 139. Id. 140. Id. at 10. See also Gossett, supra note 6, at 801 (noting “[i]n late 2017, President Trump declared the ‘opioid crisis’ a public health emergency.”). 141. Reunification rates have either decreased or remained the same from 2007-2018 and reached an all-time low of 49% in 2018. Children exiting foster care by exit reason in the United States, K ID C OUNT D ATA Ctr., T HE A NNIE E. C ASEY F OUND ., https://datacen- ter.kidscount.org/data/tables/6277-children-exiting-foster-care-by-exit-rea- son?loc=1&loct=1#de- tailed/1/any/false/870,573,869,36,868,867,133,38,35,18/2631,2636,2632,2633,2630,2629,2 635,2634/13050,13051 (last visited Jan. 28, 2019). 142. Adoption Stats for Kids in Foster Care, K ID C OUNT D ATA C TR ., T HE A NNIE E. C ASEY F OUND . (Sept. 17, 2018), https://datacenter.kidscount.org/updates/show/212-adop- tion-stats-for-kids-in-foster-care; John Kelly et al., supra note 121. 143. Adoption Stats for Kids in Foster Care, K ID C OUNT D ATA C TR ., T HE A NNIE E. C ASEY F OUND . (Sept. 17, 2018), https://datacenter.kidscount.org/updates/show/212-adop- tion-stats-for-kids-in-foster-care; Wade, supra note 31, at 873-74. 144. Jeremy Loudenback, Washington Foster Youth Sent to Hotels More Than 1,000 Times Last Year, C HRON . S OC . C HANGE (Jan. 3, 2019), 2020] F OSTER TO A DOPT 169 Low to no cost adoption is an effective short-term recruitment tool but lacks long-term benefits. Federal and state funding sources not only pay for adoption transactional costs, but they also pay a monthly stipend until the age of maturity. 145 On the other hand, private adoptions cost around $15,000 to $45,000 domestically, and even more internation- ally. 146 However, when a foster family’s goal is adoption, retention is difficult because they either reach their goal and adopt or drop out from the emotional toll of losing a child to reunification. 147 With adoption as a possibility, many foster parents say there is the temptation to prema- turely fantasize about adopting. 148 A foster parent describes her feelings after her foster child left to reunify, “[o]ne friend called us ‘saints’ and another, ‘heroes.’ I bristled at these. We’d become foster parents because we wanted a family, not necessarily because we were unselfish or brave.” 149 Even when adoption is not the intention, if a foster family does end up adopting, some close their homes due to lack of space or they want to focus on their newly adopted children. 150 Studies have found that foster families that demonstrate empathy (towards the children, first family, and social workers) are more resilient and continue fostering. 151 The foster care process easily conjures up negative impressions and feelings that do not promote empathy. 152 Sep- arating child maltreatment from a parent’s worth and dignity is difficult https://chronicleofsocialchange.org/stateline/washington-foster-youth-sent-to-hotels-more- than-1000-times-last-year/33302. Download 435.5 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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