Date of Award

2011

Document Type

Project

Degree Name

Master of Social Work

Department

School of Social Work

First Advisor

Shon, Herb

Second Advisor

McCaslin, Rosemary

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to explore foster parents' perspectives' on factors contributing to multiple placements of young children with a special emphasis on infants ages 0-1 year. This study hopes to identify systemic problems within child welfare services that hinder permanency and to provide useful information to determine if current services and interventions are effective in meeting the agency's responsibility of providing safe and permanent homes for foster children.

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