Paper/Proposal Title
State-Supported Foster Care: A Matter of Human Rights?
Location
River Campus - Room M2225
Start Date
10-4-2013 9:30 AM
Abstract
The purpose of our paper is to review the findings of the DeWine Child Safety Summit from 2012 in light of Human Rights issues as they relate to young people in the Foster Care system in Ohio. We will begin by providing an overview of the characteristics and nature of Foster Care and how they support and/or neglect a Human Rights based approach for youth. We will then review the six key topics presented in the DeWine report and the freedoms/needs of foster youth that each topic meets or ignores. These topics are 1) foster parent participation, 2) guardian ad litem noncompliance, 3) mentoring for foster youth, 4) normalizing the experience for youth, 5) accountability and funding in the system and 6) planned permanent living arrangements. Finally, we will focus on the actions of the Foster Care Advisory Group in light of these areas and how we believe the Human Rights issues of youth in Foster Care are or are not being adequately addressed.
State-Supported Foster Care: A Matter of Human Rights?
River Campus - Room M2225
The purpose of our paper is to review the findings of the DeWine Child Safety Summit from 2012 in light of Human Rights issues as they relate to young people in the Foster Care system in Ohio. We will begin by providing an overview of the characteristics and nature of Foster Care and how they support and/or neglect a Human Rights based approach for youth. We will then review the six key topics presented in the DeWine report and the freedoms/needs of foster youth that each topic meets or ignores. These topics are 1) foster parent participation, 2) guardian ad litem noncompliance, 3) mentoring for foster youth, 4) normalizing the experience for youth, 5) accountability and funding in the system and 6) planned permanent living arrangements. Finally, we will focus on the actions of the Foster Care Advisory Group in light of these areas and how we believe the Human Rights issues of youth in Foster Care are or are not being adequately addressed.
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