Foster Care and Best Interests of the Child Integrating Research, Po
This brief examines the U.S. foster care system and seeks to explain why the foster care system functions as it does and how it can be improved to serve the best interest of children. It defines and evaluates key challenges that undermine child safety and
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Sarah A. Font Elizabeth T. Gershoff
Foster Care and Best Interests of the Child Integrating Research, Policy, and Practice
SpringerBriefs in Psychology Advances in Child and Family Policy and Practice
Series Editor Lisa A. Gennetian Institute for Human Development and Social Change New York University NY, USA
Advances in Child and Family Policy and Practice – a SpringerBriefs series published in affiliation with the Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice (Division 37 of the American Psychological Association) – serves as a forum for discussion of issues related to social policy and services for children, adolescents, and families with a psychosocial perspective. All Briefs deal with policy analyses and implications at various levels, including local, state, national, and international. Briefs may include literature and conceptual review papers; analyses of policy trends; evaluations of programs, policies, and systems; case examples of public and private policy issues; and advocacy needs, successes, and failures to demonstrate applications in which psychological expertise may be applied. Potential topics of interest also include organization of service programs; service delivery through different systems; and implementation, impact, and evaluation. A variety of child, youth, and family-related service programs and topics may be the focus of a Brief, including but not limited to: • • • • • •
Child mental health programs and policy Mental health screening/service needs Child welfare Child abuse and maltreatment Education, early childhood education and preK, and evaluation Health (including, integration of mental health within primary care and school settings) • Juvenile justice • Racial/ethnic, socio-economic, or neighborhood/community disparities in services, service delivery, or in child, youth or family experiences All submissions are peer reviewed by the Editorial Board for substantive contribution to the psychological and policy literature related to issues of child and family practices. Briefs may consist of one longer manuscript on a topic or may be an integrated set of shorter papers. Each Brief should include literature reviews of the topics, the policy and practice implications of the topic, and a one- to two-page summary to be used for public advocacy.
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/11577
Sarah A. Font • Elizabeth T. Gershoff
Foster Care and Best Interests of the Child Integrating Research, Policy, and Practice
Sarah A. Font Department of Sociology and Criminology Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA, USA
Elizabeth T. Gershoff Department of Human Development and Family Sciences University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX, USA
ISSN 2192-8363 ISSN 2192-8371 (electronic) SpringerBriefs in Psychology ISSN 2625-2546 ISSN 2625-2554 (electronic) Advances in Child and Family Policy and Practice ISBN 978-3-030-41145-9 ISBN 978-3-030-41146-6 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41146-6 © The Author(s), under exclusive license to
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