Contributor
Bloom, Debra.
Imprint:Detroit, MI : Greenhaven Press, c2010.
Description105 p. ; 24 cm.
Note:"Greenhaven Press's At Issue series provides a wide range of opinions on individual social issues. Each volume focuses on a specific issue and offers a variety of perspectives -- eyewitness accounts, governmental views, scientific analysis, newpaper and magazine accounts and many more -- to illuminate the issue. Extensive bibliographies and annotated lists of relevant organizations point to sources for further research. Enhancing critical thinking skills, each At Issue volume is an excellent research tool to help readers understand current social issues and prepare reports."--Back cover
Note:Foster care : an overview / Tom Harris -- Children are in foster care because they are poor / Gaylynn Burroughs -- Children are in foster care because of parents' substance abuse / Joseph P. Ryan ... [et al.] -- Staying in a troubled home can be better than foster care placement / Joseph J. Doyle, Jr. -- Foster children still need support as they reach adulthood / Toni Naccarato and Liliana Hernández -- Kinship care benefits foster children / Marlene Busko -- Group homes help at-risk youth / Michael C. Farley -- Group homes increase the risk of delinquency for foster children / Craig Chamberlain -- White families may not be the best choice for adopting black children / David Crary -- Race should not be a consideration when adopting a child / Curtis L. Ivery -- The Indian Child Welfare Act is needed to preserve American Indian culture / Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark and Kekek Jason Todd Stark -- Schools take steps to meet the educational needs of foster children / Linda Jacobson -- Schools do not meet the special education needs of foster children / Sarah Geenan and Laurie E. Powers -- Privatized foster care is increasing / Laurent Belsie.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
