http://familyinjustice.forumotion.com/foster-kinship-care-f7/-t1.htm Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:22:32 GMT 10 http://i33.servimg.com/u/f33/11/63/39/18/family11.jpg http://familyinjustice.forumotion.com/foster-kinship-care-f7/-t1.htm http://familyinjustice.forumotion.com/foster-kinship-care-f7/vulnerable-children-fare-well-with-relatives-t104.htm Admin Placing vulnerable children with relatives is a viable option, a new study by Cochrane Researchers suggests. In view of several recent high profile child abuse cases, the study may have important policy implications. "We don't know what type of out-of-home care is best for children. But our research suggests that children placed with relatives do as well or better than those placed with foster parents," says lead researcher Marc Winokur, who works at the Social Work Research Center ... Foster/Kinship Care Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:22:32 GMT http://familyinjustice.forumotion.com/foster-kinship-care-f7/vulnerable-children-fare-well-with-relatives-t104.htm#318 http://familyinjustice.forumotion.com/foster-kinship-care-f7/vulnerable-children-fare-well-with-relatives-t104.htm http://familyinjustice.forumotion.com/foster-kinship-care-f7/the-central-region-foster-care-project-initial-observations-t77.htm Admin THE CENTRAL REGION FOSTER CARE PROJECT: INITIAL OBSERVATIONS A Submission to the Ontario Association Of Children's Aid Societies’ Journal Dr. Thomas Waldock The Central Region Foster Care Project was originally the initiative of the eight central region children's aid societies; the agencies involved in the project are Durham, Toronto, Toronto Catholic, Jewish, Peel, York, Halton, and Simcoe Children's Aid Societies. The project, well underway at the present time, has serious implications ... Foster/Kinship Care Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:34:37 GMT http://familyinjustice.forumotion.com/foster-kinship-care-f7/the-central-region-foster-care-project-initial-observations-t77.htm#271 http://familyinjustice.forumotion.com/foster-kinship-care-f7/the-central-region-foster-care-project-initial-observations-t77.htm http://familyinjustice.forumotion.com/foster-kinship-care-f7/professionalization-of-foster-care-t76.htm Admin PROFESSIONALIZATION OF FOSTER CARE TURN THE KEY AND START THE ENGINE Baldwin P. Reichwein In Volume 64 (3) of The Social Worker, Dr. Waldock set out an eloquent argument in favour of professionalizing foster care. I am pleased that Dr.Waldock opened the dialogue on this subject. Social workers would do well to support his thesis in the interest of children in care and child protection work generally. In sotto voce, as social workers we carry some, but not all of the responsibility ... Foster/Kinship Care Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:22:26 GMT http://familyinjustice.forumotion.com/foster-kinship-care-f7/professionalization-of-foster-care-t76.htm#270 http://familyinjustice.forumotion.com/foster-kinship-care-f7/professionalization-of-foster-care-t76.htm http://familyinjustice.forumotion.com/foster-kinship-care-f7/improving-child-and-youth-residential-services-in-ontario-an-action-plan-t74.htm Admin Improving Child and Youth Residential Services in Ontario An Action Plan http://www.gov.on.ca/children/graphics/stel02_179822.pdf Improving Child and Youth Residential Services in Ontario An Action Plan Over the past year, the Ministry of Children and Youth Services (MCYS) has been working with its partners – other ministries, community agencies and other stakeholders – to develop a plan to establish a more integrated system of residential services for children, youth ... Foster/Kinship Care Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:22:13 GMT http://familyinjustice.forumotion.com/foster-kinship-care-f7/improving-child-and-youth-residential-services-in-ontario-an-action-plan-t74.htm#268 http://familyinjustice.forumotion.com/foster-kinship-care-f7/improving-child-and-youth-residential-services-in-ontario-an-action-plan-t74.htm http://familyinjustice.forumotion.com/foster-kinship-care-f7/child-advertised-for-foster-family-t54.htm Admin Saturday » August 30 » 2008 Outdoorsy boy needs home to call his own Monday, August 11, 2008 Nick, 111/2, is an industrious, active youngster who loves the outdoors. This past winter, he shovelled and salted walkways for two days and got to enjoy a shopping spree for his efforts. Cold and snow never stopped him from building a fort or from playing hockey. At summer camp, he loves swimming.Soft-spoken, happy and sensitive, Nick ... Foster/Kinship Care Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:02:21 GMT http://familyinjustice.forumotion.com/foster-kinship-care-f7/child-advertised-for-foster-family-t54.htm#223 http://familyinjustice.forumotion.com/foster-kinship-care-f7/child-advertised-for-foster-family-t54.htm http://familyinjustice.forumotion.com/foster-kinship-care-f7/can-placement-of-adolescent-boys-in-foster-care-be-harmful-t53.htm Admin CAN PLACEMENT OF ADOLESCENT BOYS IN FOSTER CARE BE HARMFUL? AN ANALYSIS OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, WELFARE AND CORRECTIONS OUTCOMES Abstract This paper uses anonymized linked administrative data from health, education, welfare, corrections and child protection to estimate the impact of placing 16 to 18 year old boys in foster care on a range of outcomes. Both propensity score matching and instrumental variables are used. Workers’ propensity to place children in care and policy changes are ... Foster/Kinship Care Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:19:13 GMT http://familyinjustice.forumotion.com/foster-kinship-care-f7/can-placement-of-adolescent-boys-in-foster-care-be-harmful-t53.htm#218 http://familyinjustice.forumotion.com/foster-kinship-care-f7/can-placement-of-adolescent-boys-in-foster-care-be-harmful-t53.htm http://familyinjustice.forumotion.com/foster-kinship-care-f7/foster-parent-of-four-only-24-years-old-t49.htm Admin RCMP search river for missing teen in foster care The Canadian Press August 15, 2008 Riverton, Man. -- A search is under way for a teenage boy who is believed to have drowned in a river in Manitoba's Interlake. RCMP say the 14-year-old was swimming with friends Wednesday evening near a government dock on the Icelandic River in the community of Riverton. RCMP say foul play is not suspected. Rescue teams searched the water Wednesday night until the search was stopped ... Foster/Kinship Care Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:40:05 GMT http://familyinjustice.forumotion.com/foster-kinship-care-f7/foster-parent-of-four-only-24-years-old-t49.htm#214 http://familyinjustice.forumotion.com/foster-kinship-care-f7/foster-parent-of-four-only-24-years-old-t49.htm http://familyinjustice.forumotion.com/foster-kinship-care-f7/information-concerning-group-home-t15.htm Admin ************************************************************* http://list.digital-copyright.ca/pipermail/action-forum/2002-July/000836.html Restraint Dialogue with Ministry Jane Scharf dn701 at freenet.carleton.ca Sun Jul 28 10:45:12 EDT 2002 Previous message: RESTRAINTS AT CAVEN HOUSE Next message: MORE RESTRAINT GOOD NEWS Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RETYPED ... Foster/Kinship Care Sun, 21 Oct 2007 02:53:45 GMT http://familyinjustice.forumotion.com/foster-kinship-care-f7/information-concerning-group-home-t15.htm#143 http://familyinjustice.forumotion.com/foster-kinship-care-f7/information-concerning-group-home-t15.htm http://familyinjustice.forumotion.com/foster-kinship-care-f7/bill-210-from-a-legal-perspective-t27.htm Admin DEFINITION: The Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare defines kinship care as follows: "In its broadest sense, kinship care is any living arrangement in which children live with neither of their parents, but instead are cared for by a relative or someone with whom they have an emotional bond." Legislative Provisions that Apply: The governing legislation for Child Protection Proceedings is the Child and Family Services Act. Section 1 (2) of the CFSA, the "other ... Foster/Kinship Care Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:45:13 GMT http://familyinjustice.forumotion.com/foster-kinship-care-f7/bill-210-from-a-legal-perspective-t27.htm#185 http://familyinjustice.forumotion.com/foster-kinship-care-f7/bill-210-from-a-legal-perspective-t27.htm http://familyinjustice.forumotion.com/foster-kinship-care-f7/foster-care-news-articles-t20.htm Admin ALBERTA FOSTER HOME SHORTAGE ALARMING By JEREMY LOOME The Alberta government is reaching out to the public for help solving the province's dire shortage of foster homes. Over the past two years, the number of kids per home has grown from an average of 1.8 to 2.1, and there are 110 fewer homes offering foster care. "The more foster homes we have, the better we're able to match children with foster families who best meet their varied needs, such as keeping siblings together ... Foster/Kinship Care Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:24:00 GMT http://familyinjustice.forumotion.com/foster-kinship-care-f7/foster-care-news-articles-t20.htm#170 http://familyinjustice.forumotion.com/foster-kinship-care-f7/foster-care-news-articles-t20.htm http://familyinjustice.forumotion.com/foster-kinship-care-f7/help-them-till-they-re-25-t19.htm Admin Youth in care ask Ontario to help them till they're 25 Last Updated: Friday, June 15, 2007 | 2:28 PM ET CBC News Twenty-one-year-olds are too young to lose the support of government-appointed surrogate parents, say youth in government care and the children's aid societies that help provide that care. A group of youth in care have asked Ontario to extend to age 25 the emotional, financial and educational government support that now ends when they turn 21. They hope that will be addressed ... Foster/Kinship Care Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:18:15 GMT http://familyinjustice.forumotion.com/foster-kinship-care-f7/help-them-till-they-re-25-t19.htm#157 http://familyinjustice.forumotion.com/foster-kinship-care-f7/help-them-till-they-re-25-t19.htm http://familyinjustice.forumotion.com/foster-kinship-care-f7/kids-are-better-off-with-parents-than-foster-care-t17.htm Admin Study Concludes That Kids Are Better Off In Troubled Homes Than In Foster Care Children are better off when left in troubled homes, and not detained in state custody foster homes. Joseph Doyle Jr., an economics professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management did a study on foster children compared to children living in troubled homes, funded by the National Science Foundation. He used the analytic tools of applied economics to discover that “…children on the margin of foster care placement ... Foster/Kinship Care Sun, 21 Oct 2007 03:03:19 GMT http://familyinjustice.forumotion.com/foster-kinship-care-f7/kids-are-better-off-with-parents-than-foster-care-t17.htm#147 http://familyinjustice.forumotion.com/foster-kinship-care-f7/kids-are-better-off-with-parents-than-foster-care-t17.htm http://familyinjustice.forumotion.com/foster-kinship-care-f7/over-drugging-of-children-children-speak-out-t16.htm Admin
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