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What Works in Foster Care? - Key Components of Success From the Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study (Hardcover, New)
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What Works in Foster Care? - Key Components of Success From the Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study (Hardcover, New)
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On any given day, nearly half a million children are served by
foster care services in the U.S. at an annual cost of over $25
billion. Growing demand and shrinking funds have so greatly
stressed the child welfare system that calls for orphanages have
re-entered the public debate for the first time in nearly half a
century. New ideas are desperately needed to transform a system in
crisis, guarantee better outcomes for children in foster care, and
reduce the need for out-of-home care in the first place. Yet little
is known about what works in foster care. Very few studies have
examined how alumni have fared as adults or tracked long-term
health effects, and even fewer have directly compared different
foster care services. In one of the most comprehensive studies of
adults formerly in foster care ever conducted, the Northwest Foster
Care Alumni Study found that quality foster care services for
children pay big dividends when they grow into adults. Key
investments in highly trained staff, low caseloads, and robust
supplementary services can dramatically reduce the rates of mental
disorders and substance abuse later in life and increase the
likelihood of completing education beyond high school and remaining
employed. The results of this unparalleled study document not only
the more favorable outcomes for youth who receive better services
but the overall return when an investment is made in high quality
foster care: every dollar invested in a child generates $1.50 in
benefits to society. These findings form the core of this book's
blueprint for reform. By keeping more children with their families
and investing additional funds in enhanced foster care services,
child welfare agencies have the opportunity to greatly improve the
health, well being, and economic prospects for foster care alumni.
What Works in Foster Care? presents a model foster care program
that promises to revolutionize the way policymakers,
administrators, case workers, and researchers think about
protecting our most vulnerable youth.
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