During the last decade, the lack of urgency in implementing this law has resulted in nearly 1,000,000 youth being at risk of sexual victimization in adult jails and prisons. The regulations include the Youthful Inmate Standard, which bans the housing of youth in the general adult population, prohibits contact between youth and adults in common
The Developmental Issues on Children in the Foster Care System The foster care system is the system where children go when their parents are unable to take care of them. In the foster care system, children are placed by trained professionals who are licensed adults that provide substitute parental care when the parents are away. Research states that the number of children in the foster care system was 513,000, a decline of about 10% from 2000 (Bigner, 2011). Children that are placed in foster care have suspiciously high rates of physical, developmental, and mental health problems and often have many unmet medical and mental health care needs. A greater number of young children with complicated, serious physical health, mental health, or developmental problems are entering foster care during the early years when brain growth is most active.
Person-centered values provide a foundation on which we can base and build our practice. We need to understand what the values are, how we can promote them and why they are important. A value is simply what is important in the life of the person we are supporting. These are the person centered values; Individuality, rights, choices, privacy, independence, dignity, respect, partnership, equal opportunities. 1.2 person centered values are important with care plans as Care planning is all about improving the lives of those who receive care.
Given the facts, £3.5 million are spent on children with broken homes, it is seen that in those families, majority of the youngsters are grown up without a dad which Christina finds relations on explaining why summer riots of 2011 occurred. As mass numbers of the rioters was gang members, who were loyal to their groups and were led by the stronger figure, they were all seen as having something in common: no father figure for them to follow as they grew up. It is recognized that, what the explanation of the riots are more about the background of the family, the individuals came from and how it affected them to choose the unfortunate path which later on leads them behind bars. The article implies that children are in need of a father figure; otherwise they will end up being a criminal to society and join in events which harms the community like the
32,500 children have been neglected in 2010, and in Ingham County 42 percent of children have been abused or neglected (milhs.org). In Ingham County, 8.5 children of every 1000 are in out of home care, referring to foster homes, etc (milhs.org). Unemployment rates and low income is affecting the youth and children in terrible ways. WLNS.COM reported in an article titled “More Michigan Children living in Poverty” that there are a lot of reasons why neglect and abuse has gone up 92%. Now there are more health professionals available to investigate issues of neglect and abuse and family court in Ingham County has become a strong source of help for
Purpose: Due to the scope of the issues children face in the 2000s, greater planning, collaboration, and program implementation across disciplines and agencies is required. Listed are a handful of the many reason why: • While their parents work, millions of children in the United States lack safe, affordable, quality child care as well as early childhood education. It is estimated that 7.5 million children are at home alone without supervision; most often after school when they
Adoption Adoption is better than abortion, it gives many children who need a home a good home. Statistics show there are over 153 million orphans who have lost one or both parents in the United States. Of the over 400,000 children who are in foster care in the U.S., 114,556 cannot be returned to their birth families and are waiting to be adopted. On average, more than 60 percent of children in foster care spend 2-5 years in the system before being adopted. Almost 20 percent spend 5 or more years before being adopted and some never get adopted.
Running head: A CHILDS RIGHTS pg 1 A Childs Rights Sherry Dixon DeVry University Professor Page 09/09/12 A CHILDS RIGHTS pg 2 A Childs Rights There are many children in our foster care system. For most of them, it isn't by choice. Many parents just can't handle the duties that come along with becoming parents. Because of this, the law steps in and decides what is right for the children. This is how we ended up with more than 408, 425 children in the foster care system as of September 2010 according to the Child Welfare Information Gateway.
Homelessness in America By Michelle A. Levels Instructor Cecil Clifton Course SOCI 111 September 11, 2012 Homelessness in America Approximately 1.5 million children in America are homeless. My opinion is there is little excuse for this because we as Americans have many opportunities to succeed in life. I have been in this situation myself and I fought my way back with the help of many city and government programs. One of the programs in Evansville In is Aurora.
Child Abuse Across America: How geography influences child abuse rates in America Did you know that more than five children die every single day as a result of abuse? (11 Facts About Child Abuse) 1 out of every 4 girls will become a victim of abuse by the time they are 17. (11 Facts About Child Abuse) Child abuse is a serious problem in the United States today and it shows no signs of improvement. Child abuse occurs at all socioeconomic classes, across ethnic and cultural lines, within all religions and at all levels of education. However, there are many contributing factors that put a child at much greater risk.