title: Use of court-appointed advocates to assist in permanency planning for minority children.
abstract: Despite federal law on reuniting children in care with their families, minority children remain in dependency longer and are more likely to be placed in long-term foster care than white children. This article describes a program of volunteer, court-appointed advocates to assist in cases of abuse and neglect involving minority families, and an outcome study. Significantly fewer children were placed in long-term foster care and significantly more children were placed in adoptive families than in a comparison group of families.
authors.affiliation: Victim Services Program, School of Education and Human Development, California State University, Fresno.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Abramson
mesh_terms: D000300:Adoption / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D002140:California; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D002651:Child Advocacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D007872:Legal Guardians; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*