Short Summary: Foster Care A System In Trouble

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Foster Care a system in trouble Foster Care a system in trouble Lamaas Lattimore-EL DeVry University ENG135 – Advanced Composition Instructor Julie Harris October 7, 2010 Foster Care a system in trouble It was April 14 2003 when I met Seth Conner a nine year old kid who had been in foster care for the last two to three years. He looked really innocent and really lost to the ways of the world he didn’t resemble a nine year old boy but more resembled a beaten down teenager well this was our first encounter and as when I take in any of my foster kids I always start out with an introduction of my house rules and then I give them an opportunity…show more content…
The foster parents are the unsung heroes they are the main care provider for the children placed in care. The foster parents are required to put in many hours of classes in support for the children that are coming in their home well before they get their first placement. The foster parent virtually gives up their own freedoms to become foster parents they have to grant permission for DHS to dig in their own private lives they are finger printed and placed in the FBI data base foster parents must submit to monthly investigation to their home which could even include the social worker checking their refrigerator and cupboards for food. The foster parent is granted a monthly stipend for taking care of these children. The foster parent must have a criminal background check and are required to do a two and a half hour interview before their approved to be foster parents. There are two different types of foster parents the first is the ones who are foster parents through kinship care these people are actual relatives of the child that has been placed in foster care they also receive a monthly stipend but some of the rules on them are relaxed they are not necessarily in place but they are not enforced. The second type of foster parent is the one who has no ties to the child some one that just wants to help a kid that might have their back up against a wall. These foster parents have many restrictions placed on them even after going through all of the training I mentioned earlier. They cannot take the child out of the state so things like vacation has to be negotiated they are not allowed to take pictures of the child to display in their home a rule I totally don’t get since you are doing your best to make the child feel like they are at home. The natural parents are given their personal information like the foster parents phone number and address I have actually personally

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