A comparison of near-term outcomes of foster children who reunified, were adopted or were in guardianship

摘要: This descriptive, retrospective longitudinal study used California child welfare administrative data to follow a cohort of 5,873 foster children born in 1999 who first entered care at less than one year age. birth rather the usual entry and followed through multiple placement episodes single episode. The was age 9. At 9, 51% these had been adopted, 36% were reunified with parents, 7% guardians 5% care. These are higher adoption rates lower reunification found when only considering episode.Three broad themes emerge from experiences children. is that not all outputs defined as permanency provide same level stability. Although has crucial advantage maintaining his or her family, for some it inherently stable guardianship. second theme vast majority have achieved permanency, most often form but also forms consistent focused policy changes past thirty plus years. changes, which are, turn, attachment theory, striven replace open-ended more secure relationships. third episode alone an inadequate, distorted description experience system. First overstate frequency understate number adopted A sub text this power allow understanding differences.