Foster Care Is Failing
Submitted by cathyh on February 21, 2010
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Foster Care Is Failing
Foster Care is Failing Children
The State of New Jersey has agreed to give $12.5 million to four boys starved by their foster parents. The boys’ ages ranged from ten to nineteen years old. They all weighed less than 45 pounds. (“New Jersey,” 2005, p. 49) The foster care system is failing the children whom it is supposed to protect due to caseworker overload, inadequate mental health care, and lack of preparation for children aging out of the system.
Caseworker Overload
Children are put into foster care when their parents are unable to care for them. This may be because of abuse, neglect, or the death of a parent. Some parents are simply unable to care for...
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