Essays on Foster Care

The question of whether or not parenting should be regulated or licensed is a difficult one. On the one hand, the number of children who end up in foster care because of incapable parents is staggering as is the number of children from broken homes...

In 2015, Judge Janis Graham Jack called the Texas foster care system broken and unconstitutional and wrote that “those labeled permanent wards of the state ‘almost uniformly leave state custody more damaged than when they entered’”. After her stating that, numerous news organizations picked it...

For my final research paper, I will be exploring the topic of homelessness as children age out of foster care. Too often, older children in foster care are not adopted and slowly age out of the system. With little to no support system to help...

Systemic barriers across social service settings have been long ignored. These challenges undermine positive outcomes, permanency and safety for children who are in foster care. Many times, the lack of communication between service agencies impede the achievement of intended goals for children and families. Angela...

Child welfare is an important rising issue around the world, the United States, and specifically in western New York. In 2015, over 670,000 children spent time in U.S. foster care. On any given day, there are nearly 428,000 children in foster care in the United...

The question of adoption or fostering by LGBT whether living with a partner or not remains controversial. There is one view that such applicants should not be excluded from consideration providing they can satisfy an agency that they can provide a home in which a...