Graduation Semester and Year
Fall 2024
Language
English
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Social Work
Department
Social Work
First Advisor
Catherine LaBrenz
Second Advisor
Hui Huang
Third Advisor
Lashaunn Bold
Abstract
Although there has been recent focus on child welfare to prevent removals, little literature has examined reasons children are removed among diverse developmental stages. The present study explores the multifaceted demographics of children in the foster care system in order to recognize who is being affected by what removal causes. The purpose of this study is to better understand the foster care system to target interventions and screenings for children under eighteen years of age in the United States. Quantitative measures were used to analyze statistics that were made available through the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System. The study identified discrepancies in demographics based on age and gender compared to the types of removal causes. While there were no practical discrepancies found in the total number of removals causes in demographics, there were discoveries made in what is the most prevalent causes of removal for each age group.
Keywords
Foster Care, FosterCare, Removal Causes, AFCARS, Discrepancies in foster care, foster care demographics, maltreatment, abuse, psychosocial development theory, child development
Disciplines
American Politics | Developmental Psychology | Development Studies | Early Childhood Education | Nonprofit Studies | Organization Development | Other Legal Studies | Other Social and Behavioral Sciences | Social Justice | Social Policy | Social Statistics | Social Welfare | Social Work
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Woodliff, Elise, "What Removal Causes are Most Common for Children in Foster Care? Are there Discrepancies Across Age Groups?" (2024). Social Work Theses. 207.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/socialwork_theses/207
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Comments
Thank you to my thesis committee, who has helped me write this paper with integrity and accuracy.