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Foster Parent Adoption
Bulletin for Professionals

Author(s):  Child Welfare Information Gateway

Year Published:  2006

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6. Questions for Further Research

Given the significant increase in adoption following ASFA, most of which has been through foster parent adoption, there is a need for more research on foster parent adoption to ensure that workers and agencies are providing the best services for children and families. Important questions include:

• How do the needs of nonrelative adopting foster parents differ from those of subsidized guardians, relatives who adopt, and other adoptive parents?
• What are the barriers to foster parent adoption, and how can they be overcome?
• What are the long-term outcomes for children adopted by foster parents?
• What are the differences in outcomes for children between foster parent adoptions that stem from planned placements (such as legal risk and those arranged through concurrent planning) and those that are unplanned?
• Given that most foster parents have moderate to lower incomes, are adoption assistance payments adequate to meet the needs of children after adoption?
• What is the impact on adopted children when their parents continue to foster other children?
• What is the impact on the family's birth children when adoption occurs?
• How might initial placements for children be more carefully selected?

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