Foster care / Jill Hamilton, book editor.
| Other author | Hamilton, Jill. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Detroit : Greenhaven Press : Thomson/Gale, ©2007. |
| Description | 104 pages : color illustrations, map ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Issues that concern you Issues that concern you. ^A999559 |
| Contents | The history of foster care in the United States / Ellen Herman -- Public ignorance hurts the foster care system / Mary Bissell and Rob Geen -- Poorly trained "helping" professionals compound problems / Richard Delaney -- Homosexuals should not be foster parents / J. Richard Pearcey -- Foster kids have mixed feelings about gay foster parents -- Gay parents can solve foster parent shortage / The American Civil Liberties Union of Utah -- Foster kids need an alumni group / Bill Stanton -- Grandparents can cure foster care problems / Gerard Wallace -- Foster care funding needs changing / The Economist -- Family preservation is safer than foster care / National Coalition for Child Protection Reform -- Group homes don't teach kids how to live on their own / Kareem Banks. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-97) and index. |
| LCCN | 2007029807 |
| ISBN | 9780737727111 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 073772711X (hardcover) |