title: Preschoolers entering foster care in New York City: the need to stress plans for permanency.
abstract: Analysis of data furnished by a computer system makes clear the need for special programs to plan permanency for infants and young children in foster care. A report on New York upstate data is appended to this article.
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005006:Ethnicity; D005581:Foster Home Care / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D009519:New York City; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010351:Patient Discharge; D013997:Time Factors