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Take Me Home: Protecting America's Vulnerable Children And Families: Protecting America's Vulnerable Children And Families by Jill Duerr Berrick; Oxford University Press is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Take Me Home: Protecting America's Vulnerable Children And Families: Protecting America's Vulnerable Children And Families about?
<br> There is a profound crisis in the United States' foster care system, Jill Duerr Berrick writes in this expertly researched, passionately written book. No state has passed the federally mandated Child and Family Service Review; two-thirds of the state systems have faced class-action lawsuits demanding change; and most tellingly, well over half of all children who enter foster care never go home. The field of child welfare has lost its way and is neglecting its fundamental responsibility to the most vulnerable children and families in America. <p>The family stories Berrick weaves throughout the chapters provide a vivid backdrop for her statistics. Amanda, raised in foster care, began having children of her own while still a teen and lost them to the system when she became addicted to drugs. Tracy, brought up by her schizophrenic single mother, gave birth to the first of eight children at age fourteen and saw them all shuffled through foster care as she dealt drugs and went to prison. Both they and the other individuals that Berrick features spent years without adequate support from social workers or the government before finally achieving a healthier life; many people never do.
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- Author
- Jill Duerr Berrick; Oxford University Press
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9786611515096
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, Social Science, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.6 / 5 (10 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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