Making MEPA-IEP Work: Tools for Professionals

Autor/inn/en	McRoy, Ruth; Mica, Maryanne; Freundlich, Madelyn; Kroll, Joe
Titel	Making MEPA-IEP Work: Tools for Professionals
Quelle	In: Child Welfare, 86 (2007) 2, S.49-66 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-4021
Schlagwörter	Recruitment; Placement; African American Children; Minority Group Children; Adoption; Child Welfare; Federal Legislation; Decision Making + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Recruiting; Rekrutierung; Betriebspraktikum; Praktikum; African Americans; Child; Children; Afroamerikaner; Kind; Kinder; Kindeswohl; Bundesrecht; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung
Abstract	The Multiethnic Placement Act of 1994 and the Interethnic Adoption Provisions of 1996 (MEPA-IEP) require states to develop plans that "provide for the diligent recruitment of potential foster and adoptive families that reflect the ethnic and racial diversity of children in the state for whom foster and adoptive homes are needed." This paper explores the background of MEPA-IEP, describes the disparate outcomes for minority children in the child welfare system, and identifies agency challenges in finding permanent families for African American children. Tools are provided for successfully recruiting families while following MEPA-IEP and avoiding potentially discriminatory practices in placement decisionmaking. (Author).
Anmerkungen	Child Welfare League of America. P.O. Box 932831, Atlanta, GA 31193-2831. Tel: 800-407-6273; Tel: 770-280-4164; e-mail: order@cwla.org; Web site: http://www.cwla.org/pubs
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10