➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ:
US: Foster Care Recruitment: Yesterday’s Solutions No Longer Work (Opinion)
Chronicle of Social Change – September 09, 2016
Why have foster homes become harder to find and retain? Has child welfare slacked off in its recruitment efforts? Have Americans become more self-centered and less compassionate? Such personal answers are minor factors. The more important cause is that society has changed and we are still trying to use out-of-date remedies. The composition of the average family has undergone radical changes over the past two generations, and our foster care system has not.
https://chronicleofsocialchange.org/blogger-co-op/yesterdays-solutions-no-longer-work/20861