{"product_id":"take-me-home-protecting-americas-vulnerable-children-and-families-9780195322620","title":"Take Me Home: Protecting America's Vulnerable Children and Families","description":"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\u003cbr\u003edemanding 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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\u003cbr\u003emother, 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\u003cbr\u003eachieving a healthier life; many people never do. But despite the clear crisis in child welfare, most calls for reform have focused on unproven prevention methods, not on improving the situation for those already caught in the system. Berrick argues that real child welfare reform will only occur\u003cbr\u003ewhen the centerpiece of child welfare - reunification, permanency, and foster care - is reaffirmed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cem\u003eTake Me Home\u003c\/em\u003e reminds us that children need long-term caregivers who can help them develop and thrive. When troubled parents can't change enough to permit reunification, alternative permanency options must be pursued. And no reform will matter for the hundreds of thousands of children entering\u003cbr\u003efoster care each year in America unless their experience of out-of-home care is considerably better than the one many now experience. \u003cem\u003eTake Me Home\u003c\/em\u003e offers prescriptions for policy change and strategies for parents, social workers, and judges struggling with permanency decisions. Readers will come\u003cbr\u003eaway reinvigorated in their thinking about how to get children to the homes they need.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jill Duerr Berrick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/27\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195322620\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJill Duerr Berrick, MSW, Ph.D. is co-director of the Center for Child and Youth Policy, and faculty member in the School of Social Welfare at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Berrick conducts research on a range of topics concerning vulnerable children and families with a particular focus on the lived experiences of clients served by social service programs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39930753548403,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":36.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_d6f80151-8088-4ad6-a47e-101dd9098bef.jpg?v=1647699106","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/take-me-home-protecting-americas-vulnerable-children-and-families-9780195322620","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}