http://www.socialworkersspeak.org/media/ny-times-more-agencies-try-to-place-foster-kids-with-relatives.html NASW Communications Network - Social Workers speak out on television, movies and other media Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:45:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.socialworkersspeak.org/media/ny-times-more-agencies-try-to-place-foster-kids-with-relatives.html#comment-2009 Robert Tobing Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:42:08 +0000 http://www.socialworkersspeak.org/?p=2065#comment-2009 There is a long tradition among many ethnic communities of the informal placement of children among relatives and extended family members. This maintains a continuity in terms of family ties, language, diet and customs, as well as remaining in a familar settings of school and community. The public child welfare programs in Cleveland and NYC actively seek out relatives when a child is in need of placement and adoption. These programs have come to the realization that in order for these placements to succeed, the families require the opportunity to avail themselves of service and financial supports that are offered to non-related foster and adoptive parents. There is a long tradition among many ethnic communities of the informal placement of children among relatives and extended family members. This maintains a continuity in terms of family ties, language, diet and customs, as well as remaining in a familar settings of school and community. The public child welfare programs in Cleveland and NYC actively seek out relatives when a child is in need of placement and adoption. These programs have come to the realization that in order for these placements to succeed, the families require the opportunity to avail themselves of service and financial supports that are offered to non-related foster and adoptive parents.

]]> http://www.socialworkersspeak.org/media/ny-times-more-agencies-try-to-place-foster-kids-with-relatives.html#comment-1997 Krista Dailey-Johnson Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:40:31 +0000 http://www.socialworkersspeak.org/?p=2065#comment-1997 I think that should be common sense to place children with their relatives, but only if the relatives are decent and capable of providing for them. I think that should be common sense to place children with their relatives, but only if the relatives are decent and capable of providing for them.

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