Adoption and fostering children
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397,122 children in the U.S. are living without permanent families. 101,666 of these children are eligible for adoption, but nearly 32% of these children will wait over three years in foster care before being adopted.
How does current policy affect these numbers? What are some strengths and unintended consequences of current policy?
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This posting discusses the current policy with regards to adoption and fostering of children.
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The current policy of the government affects these numbers because the policy is to make an effort so that the children in foster care return to their birth families. The birth parents are allowed to complete requirements (services) that will allow the children to be returned to them if it is in the children's best interest. By the current policy more than half of the children placed in foster care go back to their birth families.
The strengths of the current policy are that parents who want to adopt can start with foster care, can ...
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