ch 3 child welfare programs

Question 0

Laws for child welfare

Answer 0

1) adoption assistance and child welfare act

2) reagan administration removes restrictions on foster care services

Question 1

Goals of child welfare

Answer 1

1) the safety of children
2) permanency
3) child well being
4) family well being

Question 2

How many referrals for alleged mal treatment were reported to CPS in 2008?

Answer 2

3.3 million

Question 3

How many perpetrators of maltreatment were parents and how many were relatives?

Answer 3

80.1% & 6.5%

Question 4

Adoption assistance and child welfare act of 1980 focuses on what?

Answer 4

• Family preservation efforts (tries to keep families together and keep children out of foster care)
• if family reunification is not possible it focuses on adoption for the child

Question 5

Local child welfare programs

Answer 5

• Buckner children and family services
• caring family network
• children’s home of lubbock: foster family training, social support groups
• Lutheran social services of the south: residential treatment centers, charter schools, foster family trainings
• the parenting cottage- parenting classes, car seat safety classes, prenatal developing screening

Question 6

Facts about child abuse in LBK

Answer 6

2012- there was 1,328 cases
2013- there was 1,354 cases
Last ten yrs 23 children died from abuse or neglect
LBK has the highest child abuse rates in TX (1,000:18)