I found a few sites I'll be revisiting. http://www.childrensrights.org/our-campaigns/foster-care-reform/
And http://www.fosteringrights.org. Go Arizona.
For Iowa, here's some reading material.
http://www.cfpciowa.org/documents/news/Forever_Families__Iowa_Kids_Count_s_27F7FFBC19B47.pdf.
Idaho http://www.ktvb.com/news/foster-care-reform-bill-heads-to-house-floor/61955505
Here's one that rates the states based on high or low rates of adoption of available children from foster care. http://www.ncpa.org/media/the-best-and-worst-states-for-foster-care But. This has nothing to do with reunification other than available adoptability success for a higher percentage of children when reunification fails. So the three states chosen as best New Mexico, Utah and New Hampshire, are great for adopting children when the biological family fails to meet the reunification goal. This is a great thing. Because this means that less children end up in institutions. But, again, it doesn't take into consideration how long the children were bounced between foster care and biological parents. Or how many fails were allowed and the cost of those fails. The cost to the child. And the cost for the tax payers.
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My neighbor is 62 years old and raising her 2 young grandchildren, because her daughter wants to party. That woman is a saint. She is so good with those kids and gets the older one involved in all kinds of activities and those children are happy and safe. She looks for the children's strengths and gets the oldest one involved in activities and classes. She takes them swimming and bakes their favorite things. She is a wonderful grandma. Their mother decided her addiction is more important than her kids, as she walked out of the halfway house she went into to try to regain custody. The grandparents are now going to adopt. I know this isn't foster care, but it just goes to show that reunification with the biological parent isn't always good.
I'm so glad for that little family. It sounds like grandma is going to make such a difference. Biological birth doesn't mean much if a parent refuses to consider the needs of their children.
I'm so glad for that little family. It sounds like grandma is going to make such a difference. Biological birth doesn't mean much if a parent refuses to consider the needs of their children.
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