National Level: Preservation of Family
Federal Intervention and Policies
State
Benissa
Theory Category
100
True or false: children of the majority tace dominate the foster system.
What is False
100
Federal law requires states to terminate parental rights after a child has spent how many months in foster care?
What is 15 of the past 22 months
100
This lets foster children know why they are being placed in foster care and what the next steps are. It also lets foster care children keep in touch with their families.
What is Foster Children’s Bill of Rights
100
Are you required to report suspected child abuse?
What is as of 2012, only Puerto Rico and 18 other states require anybody who suspects child abuse to report it.
100
What quadrant would you put these children in, within the social construct theory?
What is Dependent
200
What type of abuse are most are most child welfare-involved families getting charged with?
What is neglect
200
What have federal policies and welfare advocates recommended as an alternative to group homes?
What is Place them in Family Settings
200
More states are permitting foster children to stay in the system until what age as permitted by a 2008 federal law?
What is age 21
200
When was the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act signed and who signed it?
What is 1974, President Nixon signed the act.
300
Which act encourages agencies to make "reasonable efforts" to keep children in their homes?
What is Adoptions Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980
300
What did the supreme court case De Shawny v. Winnebago County of Social Services decide?
What is States cannot be held accountable for not removing a child from an unsafe home.
300
What do you think was the rate of improvement of the upfront program assessment in L.A? Bonus if you can say how long it took.
What is 62% and in a period of 2 years
400

Stressers that often tend to lead to maltreatment of children frequently come from lack of resources. Name 3 resources.

What is food, shelter, health care, child care, and education?

400
A voluntary program is used for child reports that are considered______?
Lower-risk
400
In 2004, the state of Mississippi was sued for failure to protect children. A court ordered the state to clean up the system. How much money do you think was allocated to create the Department of Child Protective Services?
What is $34 milllions
500

Incident that occurred in 2009 that triggered child abuse reports to be divided into higher risk and lower risk categories.

What is Baby Bella?

500

Type of group home has received many accusations of child abuse and neglect.

What are Privately Run Group Homes?

500
When was the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act signed?
What is 1974.
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