The Child's Journey Through Care
Placement Stability, Care Planning, and Achieving Permanency
Chapter One
INTRODUCTION: AN OVERVIEW OF
CHILDREN IN PUBLIC CARE
Dorota Iwaniec
INTRODUCTION
UNICEF stated in its millennium report, The State of the World's Children, that
although huge advances have been made globally in recognising and responding
to the needs and rights of children during the twentieth century, there is still a
significant population of children who grow up in unacceptable conditions and
do not reach their potential.
One group of children of particular concern consists of those who cannot be cared
for by their parents or extended family. Often in these cases the responsibility falls
to the State, whose main approved alternatives are adoption, fostering, residential
care, or boarding schools for children with various disabilities. Some children and
young people are looked after by the State or voluntary sector with the agreement
of their parents who are temporarily, or permanently, unable to provide such
care, but others, in order ... read full excerpt from The Child's Journey Through Care: Placement Stability, Care Planning, and Achieving Permanency ebook
