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Health Care of Children in Foster Care: Who's Keeping Track?
According to the data from the Administration on Children Youth and Families there are an estimated 600,000 children residing in foster care in our country. Each of these children enter foster care with a background of abuse or neglect sufficient to warrant being removed from their families. The children entering care present complex medical and emotional conditions that are taxing the capacity and the ability of the foster care system.
October 1997» -
Health Care Protocols and Standards for Treatment of Children in Foster Care: Overview of Issues
Much has been written concerning how health care needs of children in foster care have increased substantially over time and how it has become increasingly problematic for the child welfare system to address those needs. The literature seems to be in agreement that the problems encountered in the provision of adequate health care to this population are compounded by several other aspects of the system and its operation: changing placements of children that make continuity of care and continuity of the medical record difficult; child welfare agency's necessary focus on the immediate (v. ongoing) health needs of any particular child (within the context of a growing caseload and greater needs); and lack of awareness of foster care specific issues on the part of Medicaid agencies.
March 1997» -
Building Adult Foster Care: What States Can Do Brief
This study presents a summary of each state’s regulatory, licensure, and payment policies for adult foster care within its array of long term services and supports. It also examines the influence of state Nurse Practice Acts on the scope of services available in adult foster care and identifies policy considerations for state officials who are developing or expanding the availability of adult foster care.September 2009»
