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Fact
Sheets
- The
Medical Home and Foster Care
Understand the role of the medical home for children
in foster care and why they meet the definition for children
with special health care needs.
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Foster Care Facts
What's Involved | Types | Steps l Considerations / Transitions
l Advocating l Understanding Roles l Medical Appointments
/ Therapies l Tools and Resources l Local Agencies. Developed
by The Center for Infants and Children with Special Needs
at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
- Facts
for Families on Foster Care. American Academy of Child
& Adolescent Psychiatry
Policy
Statements
Periodicals/Articles
Jeffrey S. Harman, George E. Childs, and Kelly J.
Kelleher
Mental
Health Care Utilization and Expenditures by Children in
Foster Care Archive of Pediatric Adolescent Medicine.
2000;154:1114-1117
Sandra Bass, Ph.D., Margie K. Shields, M.P.A., and Richard
E. Behrman, M.D.
Children,
Families, and Foster Care: Analysis and Recommendations
The Future of Children. WINTER 2004;14(1)
Reports/Guides
- Fostering Health: Health Care for Children and
Adolescents in Foster Care - 2nd Edition. Task
Force on Health Care for Children in Foster Care American
Academy of Pediatrics, District II, New York State . The
170-page guide detailing standards of health care for
children in foster care can be purchased by calling the
AAP toll-free at 888/227-1770 or through the AAP
Bookstore.
Overview: With a higher prevalence
of health, developmental, and behavioral problems, children
and adolescents in foster care require a specialized
approach to medical care. Developed by an AAP multidisciplinary
panel of experts, this second edition features new and
updated material, including practice parameters for
primary care, developmental and mental health care,
and child abuse and neglect, as well as health care
management, AAP policy statements, and more.
- Foster Care Pediatrics, Monroe County, NY (Site
Visit Report)
Overview of the Approach: Foster Care
Pediatrics is a full service primary care pediatric clinic
dedicated to providing comprehensive medical services
to children in foster care in Monroe County, New York.
Foster Care Pediatrics operates under the auspices of
Monroe County Department of Health (DoH) in collaboration
with Monroe County Department of Social Services (DSS).
Both agencies are committed to the well being of children
in foster care and to providing the best possible health
care services. Foster Care Pediatrics is funded through
Medicaid in addition to receiving financial support from
the Department of Health. The mission of Foster Care Pediatrics
is to provide:
• comprehensive, high quality primary health care
to children in foster care;
• coordination of health care services;
• support and education for foster families and
casework staff;
• advocacy; and
• development of collaborative efforts to enhance
wellness.
This information provided in this publication is the result
of a 3-year project conducted by the Georgetown University
Child Development Center to identify and describe promising
approaches for meeting the health care needs of children
in the foster care system. In response to a national search
for promising approaches, information was collected on
over 100 different approaches. Multiple publications representing
the findings of the study are available.
- Fostering Healthy Children, State of Utah
(Fact
Sheet)
Description: Fostering Healthy Children
is a statewide program in Utah that provides health care
case management for children in out-of-home placement.
The goal of Fostering Healthy Children is to ensure that
the health care needs—including medical, dental,
mental health—of children in foster care are met.
Public health nurses, who are co-located at child welfare
agencies throughout the state, track health care visits
and monitor needed follow-up, coordinate health care delivery,
provide training for child welfare workers and develop
care provider resources. Nurses ensure that the children
receive screening, comprehensive medical, dental, and
mental health exams, and follow-up services. Health care
services are provided through each child’s primary
health care provider, emergency rooms or clinics. The
nurses use a computerized case management system to track
the health care history of each child. In addition, each
child receives a traveling record that contains health
information, medical visits and records, and the birth
certificate. This record stays with the child. The public
health nurses gather the health history for this record.
Utah was one of five states selected by the National Academy
for State Health Policy Study (NASHP) to receive technical
assistance to help improve health care for children in
foster care. This information provided in this publication
is the result of a 3-year project conducted by the Georgetown
University Child Development Center to identify and describe
promising approaches for meeting the health care needs
of children in the foster care system. In response to
a national search for promising approaches, information
was collected on over 100 different approaches. Multiple
publications representing the findings of the study are
available.
- Improvements in State Foster Care System Would
Aid Children with Special Needs (Report)
Heather McCabe and Kathryn Fox. 2004
This report, produced jointly by the Center for Urban
Policy and the Environment and the William S. and Christine
S. Hall Center for Law and Health, addresses the need
for improvements in Indiana's foster care system.
- (Report)
Pecora PJ, Kessler RC, Williams J., et al. 2005; Seattle,
WA: Casey Family Programs. (Revised).
"PTSD [post-traumatic stress disorder] and major
depression may be the most far-reaching mental health
conditions for alumni in young adulthood," state
the authors of Improving Family Foster Care: Findings
from the Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study. The study
examined how children and adolescents who were formerly
in foster care (alumni) have fared as adults, and what
changes in foster care services could improve their lives.
The report includes: (1) selected findings
about the current functioning of alumni, (2)
comparisons of findings with findings from other studies
and general population benchmarks, (3)
analyses of foster care experience areas that lead to
positive outcomes, and (4) recommendations
to help improve outcomes for children and adolescents
who are currently in foster care.
- Protecting Children in Foster Care: Why Proposed
Medicaid Cuts Harm Our Nation's Most Vulnerable Youth
(Report)
Rubin D, Halfon N, Raghavan R, Rosenbaum S. 2005; Seattle,
WA: Casey Family Programs.
Examines Medicaid's role in providing health care to children
and adolescents in foster care and assesses the implications
of various Medicaid reform proposals. The report, published
by Casey Family Programs, describes the health and health
needs of children and adolescents in foster care and child
welfare programs, examines key provisions contained in
four separate Medicaid reform proposals, and identifies
issues that should be considered as part of a longer-term
Medicaid reform effort.
- Recommendations of the Task Force on Community
Preventive Services (Report)
Overview: In therapeutic foster care
programs, youths who cannot live at home are placed in
homes with foster parents who have been trained to provide
a structured environment that supports their learning
social and emotional skills. To assess the effectiveness
of such programs in preventing violent behavior among
participating youths, the Task Force on Community Preventive
Services conducted a systematic review of the scientific
literature regarding these programs. Reported and observed
violence, including violent crime, were direct measures.
- Serving Children with Disabilities Handbooks
for Child Welfare Workers Handbook
Provides child welfare personnel with information about
various developmental disabilities to help them recognize
signs of disabilities in the children they serve. Key
developmental milestones children achieve as they grow
and develop as well as atypical behaviors are described.
In addition biological and social factors that may increase
a child's risk for developmental disability are described.
This manual provides state and national resources that
child welfare workers will find helpful. Developed by
Georgetown University Child Development Center for Child
Health and Mental Health Policy. There are 4 parts of
the publication I. Developmental Disabilities II. Supporting
Families with Children with Disabilities III. Accessing
Services Through IDEA IV.
- The Adoption and Safe Families Act: Exploring
the Opportunity for Collaboration between Child Mental
Health and Child Welfare Systems (Guide)
Overview: This resource guide is designed
as a technical assistance tool for child welfare and children's
mental health systems to provide information about the
Adoption and Safe Families Act, especially exploring creative
ways for child welfare and children's mental health systems
to work together in the implementation of the Adoption
and Safe Families Act. By Judith Meyers, Jan McCarthy,
and Vivian Jackson, May 1999
Last Updated
March 23, 2007
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