Midterm

Question 0

Major problems of children and youth

Answer 0

Being poor, alienation, violence, substance abuse

Question 1

Major trend in child and family services

Answer 1

Increase in the number of children in the US

Question 2

Outdoor relief

Answer 2

Giving meager aid to dependent children in their homes like TANF

Question 3

Child welfare agencies were originally run by

Answer 3

Private child caring agencies

Question 4

Childs needs defined

Answer 4

Current knowledge about the physical, psychological, and social development of the child

Question 5

Unwed father cases

Answer 5

Stanley v. Illinois 1972 Quillon v. Walcott 1978 Caban v. Mohammed 1979 est. that the father had to have a relationship with child for constitution protection in adoption proceedings

Question 6

Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics

Answer 6

Cooperation of over 20 agencies in the federal government to improve reporting and dissemination of info. on the status of children. Measuring well being of children

Question 7

Federal funding program for daycare

Answer 7

Block grant $ for subsidies for low income families
Head start fed and locally financed early childhood development for low income families
Child and dependent care tax credit helps reduce child care costs deduct up to $5000

Question 8

Head start research

Answer 8

Children are at national norms in early reading and writing and close to meeting norms in math and vocab

Question 9

Medicaid and SCHIP

Answer 9

Health insurance for the poor those who qualify for AFDC. SCHIP is to cover the gap of uninsured child that parents are no longer on welfare

Question 10

Food stamps

Answer 10

Helps with hunger and giving poor more nutritious diet that are below the poverty index line

Question 11

Wic

Answer 11

Women infants and children nutritious food

Question 12

Earned income tax credits

Answer 12

Offset social security taxes paid by low income families for working poor families

Question 13

Poverty line index

Answer 13

Families above or below an income level

Question 14

Causes of poverty

Answer 14

Loss of manufacturing jobs
Growth of jobs in service pay less
Technological changes affect skill level
Lack of education

Question 15

Program that provides income for disabled children

Answer 15

SSI social security income for disabled and elderly

Question 16

Kent Gault and Winship decisions

Answer 16

Kent denied due process juvenile was entitled to a hearing access to records
Gault arrested detained no lawyer and put in jail until 18 yrs but court reversed giving due process and equal protection
Winship est. principle of proof beyond reasonable doubt

Question 17

Guardianship

Answer 17

Custody loco parentis often used. Refers to physical/legal placement with someone other than parent

Question 18

Termination of parental rights

Answer 18

Abandonment parental conditions mental illness or parental conduct physical abuse

Question 19

What happens in review hearings?

Answer 19

Situation is reassessed and a determination is made on whether to order a new disposition. Monitoring mechanism to ensure that there is progress toward a permanent solution for child.

Question 20

Appellate court

Answer 20

Decisions are based on receipt and review of the written record of trial court they can overturn or support the decision of the lower court

Question 21

Society for the prevention of cruelty to children

Answer 21

Primary function was to investigate cause of alleged maltreatment present facts to courts and assist in the prosecution of adults responsible for the maltreatment

Question 22

Most common form of child maltreatment in US

Answer 22

Neglect 62%

Question 23

Key factors in passing Child Prevention Treatment Act of 1974

Answer 23

Reporting laws maltreatment was now a requirement by mandated reporters such as teachers and doctors