4/2/13 Child Welfare Policy: Permanency Planning 10 The 1980 Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act; The Child Prevention Act; Family Preservation Services; Adoption Services; Current debates and issues at the federal and level. Readings Collins, M.E. (2004). Enhancing services to youths leaving foster care: Analysis of recent legislation and its potential impact. 26(11), 1-51. Children and Youth Services Review, Pecora, P.J., Whittaker, J.K., Maluccio, A.N., & Barth, R.P. (2009). (3rd The child welfare challenge: Policy, practice and research Ed.). Piscataway, NJ: Transaction Publishers Adoption. (pp.363-405) Residential group care services. (pp. 406-429). PB:8(a) 4/9/13 Welfare Policy: Disproportionality and Cultural 11 Competence The history of child welfare involvement in Native American and African American communities; The current role of race in child welfare; Disproportionality in caseload and outcomes; The Indian Child Welfare Act; The Multi-Ethnic Placement Act; Current debates and issues at the federal and state level. Readings Hill, R. (2006). Synthesis of research on disproportionality in child Seattle, WA: Casey Family Programs and welfare: An update. Washington, DC: Center for the Study of Social Policy. MacEachron, A.E., Gustavsson, N.S., Cross, S., & Lewis, A. (1996). The effectiveness of the Indian Child Welfare Act. Social 70(3), 451-463 Service Review, PB: 4(a), 5(a), 8(a) Assignment: Response Paper #2 due
10 4/2/13 Child Welfare Policy: Permanency Planning The 1980 Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act; The Child Prevention Act; Family Preservation Services; Adoption Services; Current debates and issues at the federal and level. Readings Collins, M.E. (2004). Enhancing services to youths leaving foster care: Analysis of recent legislation and its potential impact. Children and Youth Services Review, 26(11), 1-51. Pecora, P.J., Whittaker, J.K., Maluccio, A.N., & Barth, R.P. (2009). The child welfare challenge: Policy, practice and research (3rd Ed.). Piscataway, NJ: Transaction Publishers Adoption. (pp.363-405) Residential group care services. (pp. 406-429). PB:8(a) 11 4/9/13 Welfare Policy: Disproportionality and Cultural Competence The history of child welfare involvement in Native American and African American communities; The current role of race in child welfare; Disproportionality in caseload and outcomes; The Indian Child Welfare Act; The Multi-Ethnic Placement Act; Current debates and issues at the federal and state level. Readings Hill, R. (2006). Synthesis of research on disproportionality in child welfare: An update. Seattle, WA: Casey Family Programs and Washington, DC: Center for the Study of Social Policy. MacEachron, A.E., Gustavsson, N.S., Cross, S., & Lewis, A. (1996). The effectiveness of the Indian Child Welfare Act. Social Service Review, 70(3), 451-463 PB: 4(a), 5(a), 8(a) Assignment: Response Paper #2 due