Event Title
Where Are They Now? Caretakers Affect on Children Who Have Been Placed in Foster Care, Relative Care, or in Adoptive Homes
Location
CSU Ballroom
Start Date
27-4-2009 10:00 AM
End Date
27-4-2009 12:00 PM
Student's Major
Social Work
Student's College
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Mentor's Name
Christine Black-Hughes
Mentor's Department
Social Work
Mentor's College
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Description
The purpose of this research is to identify the affects caretakers can have on a child's future. This research examined all individuals who have been placed in foster care, relative care, or in adoptive homes and have turned 18 in the past five years in three small rural Minnesota counties. This research project involved interviews either by phone, mail, or face-to-face. The interviews consisted of ten questions along with follow-up questions. This was a convenience sample of all the individuals placed in care over the past five years as identified by a rural Minnesota Department of Human Services agency. By identifying the affects that caretakers can have on a child's life, the county DHS agency identified the changes needed to be made within the social service system and continued to provide "evidence based services" to the children placed outside of their original homes.
Where Are They Now? Caretakers Affect on Children Who Have Been Placed in Foster Care, Relative Care, or in Adoptive Homes
CSU Ballroom
The purpose of this research is to identify the affects caretakers can have on a child's future. This research examined all individuals who have been placed in foster care, relative care, or in adoptive homes and have turned 18 in the past five years in three small rural Minnesota counties. This research project involved interviews either by phone, mail, or face-to-face. The interviews consisted of ten questions along with follow-up questions. This was a convenience sample of all the individuals placed in care over the past five years as identified by a rural Minnesota Department of Human Services agency. By identifying the affects that caretakers can have on a child's life, the county DHS agency identified the changes needed to be made within the social service system and continued to provide "evidence based services" to the children placed outside of their original homes.
Recommended Citation
Lynch, Crysta. "Where Are They Now? Caretakers Affect on Children Who Have Been Placed in Foster Care, Relative Care, or in Adoptive Homes." Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mankato, MN, April 27, 2009.
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/urs/2009/poster-session-A/13
