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Article: Hayward R Anna and Defanfilis Diane: 'Foster children with an incarcerated parent: predictors of reunification'.(Fostering)(Abstract)
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- Adoption & Fostering
- Article date:
- March 22, 2008
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Children and Youth Services Review 29:10, October 2007, pp 1320-334, USA
Compared to other children who need child welfare services, children with incarcerated parents have needs that are not easily met and those in foster care may be less likely to achieve permanency through reunification. Prior research has not identified under what circumstances these children are more or less likely to reunify with a family member. Using administrative data from the Adoption and Foster Care Administrative Reporting System (AFCARS), the authors explore whether factors that predict reunification for children in foster care (eg child age, 'race', mental health, disability, ...