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Physical Health Issues and Services
Resources and information about health-care issues and services for children in out-of-home care, including State and local examples.
AIDS and a New Generation of Orphans: Is There a Role for Group Care?
Families and Health Care Project
Residential Treatment for Children and Youth, 17(3), 2000
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Addresses the potential role of group care options for children, youth, and families struggling with the impact of AIDS.
Estimates of Supplemental Security Income Eligibility for Children in Out-of-Home Placements
Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families (2008)
Examines Supplemental Security Income (SSI) eligibility among children living in out-of-home care in the child welfare system, using data from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being. Indicates that a large number of children living in foster care may be eligible for SSI. (PDF - 520 KB)
The Foster Care Independence Act of 1999: Enhancing Youth Access to Health Care (PDF - 77 KB)
Center for Adolescent Health and the Law (2000)
Examines research that demonstrates physical development and sexual health issues should be special areas of concern in young adults.
Health Care Issues for Children in Kinship Care (PDF - 209 KB)
National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning (2004)
Addresses research, attention, and funding regarding the health needs of children in kinship care. Includes Federal and State policies and practice tips.
Health Care Policies for Children in Out-of-Home Care
Risley-Curtiss & Kronenfeld
Child Welfare, 80(3), 2001
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Examined health-care policies and services for children in 46 State child welfare agencies.
Healthy Ties: Ensuring Health Coverage for Children Raised by Grandparents and Other Relatives: A Look at Medicaid and CHIP Enrollment in the States
Children's Defense Fund (2001)
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Reviewed the policies and application forms of every State to identify barriers to Medicaid and CHIP enrollment and determine which strategies are more effective in increasing the participation of children being raised by relatives.
Identification and Care of HIV-Exposed and HIV-Infected Infants, Children, and Adolescents in Foster Care (PDF - 301 KB)
American Academy of Pediatrics
Pediatrics, 106(1), 2000
Recommendations for HIV testing of infants, children, and adolescents in foster care.
Pediatricians with a Special Interest in Adoption and Foster Care Medicine: Foster Care Directory (PDF – 37 KB)
American Academy of Pediatrics
State-by-State directory to help parents locate pediatricians who provide primary care to children in foster care.
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State and local examples
The Bridges to Life Options Programs: Preliminary Descriptive Information
McMillen, Auslander, Stiffman, & Elze (2001)
In Preparing Youth for Long-Term Success: Proceedings From the Casey Family Program National Independent Living Forum
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To encourage foster youth to have a future orientation, the Missouri Division of Family Services integrated HIV prevention and risk reduction strategies, meetings with an education professional to plan career and education goals, and an incentive savings plan into its independent living skills curriculum.
Ensuring the Healthy Development of Foster Children: A Guide for Judges, Advocates and Child Welfare Professionals (PDF - 2494 KB)
New York State Permanent Judicial Commission on Justice for Children (1999)
Questions that should be asked by a judge, lawyer, legal guardian, or Court Appointed Special Advocate when reviewing cases of children in foster care to ensure that the health needs of the child are being addressed.
The Family Program: Westchester Institute for Human Development (PDF - 154 KB)
Georgetown University Child Development Center (2000)
Highlights a promising approach for meeting the health-care needs of children in the foster care system in Westchester County, New York.
Harnessing the Hidden Influence of the Courts to Enhance the Healthy Development of Foster Children
New York State Permanent Judicial Commission on Justice for Children
Protecting Children, 16(1), 2000
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Reviewed the needs of children and their families throughout the legal process and identified several opportunities for court improvement in the State of New York.
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