Reasonable Efforts? Implementation of the Reunification Bypass Provision of ASFA

Autor/inn/en	Berrick, Jill Duerr; Choi, Young; D'Andrade, Amy; Frame, Laura
Titel	Reasonable Efforts? Implementation of the Reunification Bypass Provision of ASFA
Quelle	In: Child Welfare, 87 (2008) 3, S.163-182 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-4021
Schlagwörter	Case Records; Courts; Focus Groups; Child Welfare; Counties; Public Policy; Adoption; Federal Legislation; State Legislation; Eligibility; Parents; Individual Characteristics; Interviews; Social Services; Caseworkers; Child Abuse; Parent Rights; Whites; African Americans; Hispanic Americans; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Case reports; Fallsammlung; Court; Gerichtshof; Kindeswohl; Öffentliche Ordnung; Bundesrecht; Landesrecht; Eignung; Eltern; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Social service; Soziale Dienstleistung; Soziale Dienste; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Elternrecht; White; Weißer; Afroamerikaner; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Kalifornien
Abstract	The Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) of 1997 includes provisions to deny reunification services under specified conditions and gives states latitude to develop any number of additional "aggravated circumstances" in which parents need not be offered services. California legislators have developed a relatively large number of conditions enabling agencies to bypass reunification services. Based upon a case record review involving 1,055 parents, this study attempts to identify the proportion of parents eligible for a reunification bypass, the proportion recommended to the courts, and the proportion of parents who were denied reunification services, and examines the characteristics of parents associated with reunification bypass recommendations. Based upon focus groups and interviews with child welfare and judicial personnel in six counties, the study also examines the implementation of reunification bypass provisions. Implications for public policy and practice are provided. (Contains 5 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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