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Title:

Foster care / Jill Hamilton, book editor.

Publisher:

Greenhaven Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

104 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Foster home care--United States.
Foster home care--United States--History.
Foster children--Services for--United States.
Foster parents--United States.
Foster home care.
Foster children--Services for.
Foster parents.

Other Authors:

Hamilton, Jill.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-97) and index.

Contents:

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 / Represent -- Gay parents can solve the foster parent shortage / 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 do not teach kids how to live on their own / Kareem Banks.

Summary:

A collection of eleven essays that address issues associated with the foster care system including the history of foster care in America and questions concerning whether or not grandparents should be considered as foster parents.

Series:

Issues that concern you

ISBN:

073772711X (hardcover)
9780737727111 (hardcover)

LCCN:

2007029807

Locations:

3HSX245 -- Denison High School (Denison)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

SYPB124 -- Elizabeth Rasmussen Martin Memorial Lib. (New Hartford)

UVAX975 -- Western Iowa Tech Library (Sioux City)

RSSX851 -- Roland-Story High School Media Center (Story City)