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PERSPECTIVES ON SOCIAL WORK
www.uh.eduReunification is defined as a child being discharged from the foster care system in order to return to the family of origin. This is the most common resolution when a family is involved in the child welfare system; 51% of discharges in 2012, the latest year of available federal data (USDHHS, 2014), were reunifications.
Parental Substance Use and the Child Welfare System
www.childwelfare.govChildren of Parents With Substance Use Disorders An estimated 12 percent of children in this country live with a parent who is dependent on or abuses alcohol
Children of Color in the Child Welfare System ...
www.childwelfare.govThis report Children of Color in the Child Welfare System: Perspectives from the Child Welfare Community is the culmination of a three-year collaboration between the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), the Children’s Bureau, Caliber Associates and Howard University School of Social Work.