Submitted by mwingidoc on March 24, 2008

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Foster Care

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Foster Care
In 1997, the Adoption and Safe Families Act was passed. This act was designed to seal the loopholes in the exiting legislation that gave rise to disturbing incidences of children being taken from foster care back to abusive families. Previous laws focused more on family preservation totally disregarding the situations that exited in that household. The new bill paved the way for quicker adoption of children from foster homes. However, the bill is not the panacea for the problems bedeviling the foster care system.
Largely underfunded and understaffed, the foster care department works as a...

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