Foster care / Jill Hamilton, book editor.

Other author Hamilton, Jill.
Format Book
Publication InfoDetroit : Greenhaven Press : Thomson/Gale, ©2007.
Description104 pages : color illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesIssues 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 95-97) and index.
LCCN 2007029807
ISBN9780737727111 (hardcover)
ISBN073772711X (hardcover)