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.

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Apr 27th, 10:00 AM Apr 27th, 12:00 PM

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