The Structure of Families Who Adopt Children From Foster Care
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Children, families, and foster care: analysis and recommendations.
All children do best when they live in safe, stable, and nurturing families, yet far too many children lack this fundamental foundation. Every year, millions of children are abused or neglected—close to 300,000 so egregiously that they are removed from their homes by the state and placed in foster care. For too many of these children, foster care is no safe haven. Instead, the children drift fr...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Public Child Welfare
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1554-8732,1554-8740
DOI: 10.1080/15548730802523216