I. Foster care is necessary
A. to remove children from abuse
B. to remove children from neglect
C. to remove children from unhealthy environments
II. Inconsistency in foster care
A. unstable placement, moving from home to home
B. Abuse in foster care
III. Always improving system
A. improving education
B. getting more from Mary Overington (foster care worker)
IV. Kids getting stuck in foster care
A. Working on a plan that puts a time limit on parents
B. If time limit succeeds then children will leave the system earlier
V. Successful and famous people who came from foster care
A. Oksana Baiul
B. Alexander Hamilton
C. Marilyn Monroe
VI. Those kids that don't get a break like Oksana Baiul and Marilyn Monroe just get thrown out
at 18.
A. CHAFEE
VII. There are many agencies set up to help foster care succeed
A. Mile High United Way
B. Bridging the Gap
C. EVT Program
Monday, March 29, 2010
RJA #9b: Argument
The foster care system is a necessary and successful system.
ARGUEMENTS:
1. Foster care is necessary
-to remove children from abuse, to remove children from neglect, and to remove children from unhealthy environments like drug addicts, prostitution, alcoholics, and gang members
2. Foster care is always improving system
- they are always looking for areas that need improvement, like education
3. there are many successful and famous people from the foster care system
- Oksana Baiul, Alexander Hamiltion, and Marilyn Monroe
4. There are many agencies working for foster cares success
- agencies like the Mile High United Way, Bridging the Gap, CHAFEE, EVT program, and the Lutheran family services
COUNTER-ARGUEMENTS:
1. inconsistances in foster care
- like placement and abuse.
2. kids getting stuck in foster care
- kids are getting stuck in foster care for years making it harder and harder for them to get adopted.
3. not everyone gets a break like Baiul, Hamilton, or Monroe
- there is the CHAFEE program that helps give them life skills, learn how to save, and find affordable housing
ARGUEMENTS:
1. Foster care is necessary
-to remove children from abuse, to remove children from neglect, and to remove children from unhealthy environments like drug addicts, prostitution, alcoholics, and gang members
2. Foster care is always improving system
- they are always looking for areas that need improvement, like education
3. there are many successful and famous people from the foster care system
- Oksana Baiul, Alexander Hamiltion, and Marilyn Monroe
4. There are many agencies working for foster cares success
- agencies like the Mile High United Way, Bridging the Gap, CHAFEE, EVT program, and the Lutheran family services
COUNTER-ARGUEMENTS:
1. inconsistances in foster care
- like placement and abuse.
2. kids getting stuck in foster care
- kids are getting stuck in foster care for years making it harder and harder for them to get adopted.
3. not everyone gets a break like Baiul, Hamilton, or Monroe
- there is the CHAFEE program that helps give them life skills, learn how to save, and find affordable housing
RJA #9a: Thesis Statement
Research Question: Does foster care do what it is meant to do for children?
Presice Claim: Children from foster care have the same chance at being successful as "normal" children
Reasons: it is necessary
it is always improving it's system
there are many successful foster kids
there are many agencies working towards it's success
Complete Thesis: The effectiveness of foster care has been a huge debate over the years; despite the negative outlook foster care has been given, it is a system that is necessary and successful with the help of many people and agencies.
Presice Claim: Children from foster care have the same chance at being successful as "normal" children
Reasons: it is necessary
it is always improving it's system
there are many successful foster kids
there are many agencies working towards it's success
Complete Thesis: The effectiveness of foster care has been a huge debate over the years; despite the negative outlook foster care has been given, it is a system that is necessary and successful with the help of many people and agencies.
Monday, March 15, 2010
RJA #8b: Evaluation Check
http://brittanymartin3.blogspot.com/2010/03/rja-7.html#comment-form
http://carolpilk.blogspot.com/2010/03/rja-7a-evaluation-of-sources_2269.html#comment-form
http://carolpilk.blogspot.com/2010/03/rja-7a-evaluation-of-sources_2269.html#comment-form
RJA #8a: Quotation, Paraphrase, and Summary
There are issues and problems within our community that are bigger than we are and impossible to solve on our own. No single organization or individual can tackle these issues without help. That’s where Mile High United Way comes in.
Combining the collective strength of more than 40,000 donors, 800 local businesses, 100 non-profit partners and local and state government, Mile High United Way is leading the movement for positive change [in children’s lives]. Together we deliver lasting solutions for individuals and families in the metropolitan area. Together we can do what none of us can do alone.
http://www.unitedwaydenver.org/site/c.rwL8KjNULrH/b.4119475/k.8664/Community_Outreach_in_Metro_Denver_Colorado__Mile_High_United_Way.htm
Quotation:
There are a lot of organizations are America to help foster children. We have a handful of them right here in Colorado. One of the major one’s recommended by social workers is the Mile High United Way. “Mile High United Way is leading the movement for positive change [in children’s lives]. Together we deliver lasting solutions…in the metropolitan area.”
Paraphrase:
Our communities have troubles that are too great for a single person to handle on their own. You can’t find just one place that can solve these all by themselves. The Mile High United way works with thousands of donors and hundreds of close by businesses and non-profit organizations to help make an impact in the community. In unison with all these groups, they better the lives of the citizens around the Denver area. Working together, we help make things happen that cannot be done by your self.
Summary:
This paragraph talks about how the Mile High United Way works to help those who cannot overcome their obstacles on their own. Through working with many donors, businesses, and non-profit organizations they can make a huge, lasting difference around the Denver and surrounding areas.
Combining the collective strength of more than 40,000 donors, 800 local businesses, 100 non-profit partners and local and state government, Mile High United Way is leading the movement for positive change [in children’s lives]. Together we deliver lasting solutions for individuals and families in the metropolitan area. Together we can do what none of us can do alone.
http://www.unitedwaydenver.org/site/c.rwL8KjNULrH/b.4119475/k.8664/Community_Outreach_in_Metro_Denver_Colorado__Mile_High_United_Way.htm
Quotation:
There are a lot of organizations are America to help foster children. We have a handful of them right here in Colorado. One of the major one’s recommended by social workers is the Mile High United Way. “Mile High United Way is leading the movement for positive change [in children’s lives]. Together we deliver lasting solutions…in the metropolitan area.”
Paraphrase:
Our communities have troubles that are too great for a single person to handle on their own. You can’t find just one place that can solve these all by themselves. The Mile High United way works with thousands of donors and hundreds of close by businesses and non-profit organizations to help make an impact in the community. In unison with all these groups, they better the lives of the citizens around the Denver area. Working together, we help make things happen that cannot be done by your self.
Summary:
This paragraph talks about how the Mile High United Way works to help those who cannot overcome their obstacles on their own. Through working with many donors, businesses, and non-profit organizations they can make a huge, lasting difference around the Denver and surrounding areas.
Monday, March 8, 2010
RJA #7a: Evaluation of Sources
Reference Article:
“Foster Care.” The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. 2007. Columbia University Press. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0819327.html
This article was informative of the basics of understanding foster care. It gives the main reasons why a child would be put in foster care such as crime, alcoholism, ect. It also gives places where children would be put: institutions, foster parents homes, or group homes. Also how in some cases they can be put up for adoption. I think it is a good basis to get started. I will definately use this in my paper for it gives me useful and creditable information.
Website:
“what we do: overview” Mile High United Way Website http://www.unitedwaydenver.org/site/c.rwL8KjNULrH/b.4119475/k.8664/Community_Outreach_in_Metro_Denver_Colorado__Mile_High_United_Way.htm
This section on the Mile High United Way Website provides everything you would need to know about their program. It provides history and credentials of all the things they have done and do. It also maps out how they plan on making a difference through three areas: school readiness, youth success, and adult self sufficiency. It also tells the step to how they go about it: to invest, to convene, and to innovate. They also mention that they provide success stories of people who have gone through their program and videos. This is a big foster care program and can provide my paper with proof of all the things they do for the children as well as all the opportunities they get.
Book:
Pecora, Peter J. What works in foster care? : key components of success from the Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study. Oxford, New York. Oxford University Press. 2010.
This book looks at different foster care agencies and studies their past research, data, and backgrounds. It looks at all different factors of these agencies such as risk factors, education, experiences and outcomes of foster kids, and health. I think this will be a harder book to read but will give me some statistics to put into my paper. But I don’t think it will be a main source.
Periodical Article:
Ashby, Cornelia M. Child welfare [electronic resource] : HHS actions would help states prepare youth in the foster care system for independent living : testimony before the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Govt. Accountability Office. 2007. http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgibin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=gao&docid=f:d071097t.pdf
This article found in the Auraria Library talks about funding to foster cares independent living program. This is also referred to as CHAFEE program. It gives statistics on the program throughout the years. It includes history of the program. It also talks about the instances in which they would use this program as well as its flaws and ways to improve it. This is also important to my paper for it will oppose one of the arguements against foster care which is that the foster care system abandons the kids after they age out.
“Foster Care.” The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. 2007. Columbia University Press. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0819327.html
This article was informative of the basics of understanding foster care. It gives the main reasons why a child would be put in foster care such as crime, alcoholism, ect. It also gives places where children would be put: institutions, foster parents homes, or group homes. Also how in some cases they can be put up for adoption. I think it is a good basis to get started. I will definately use this in my paper for it gives me useful and creditable information.
Website:
“what we do: overview” Mile High United Way Website http://www.unitedwaydenver.org/site/c.rwL8KjNULrH/b.4119475/k.8664/Community_Outreach_in_Metro_Denver_Colorado__Mile_High_United_Way.htm
This section on the Mile High United Way Website provides everything you would need to know about their program. It provides history and credentials of all the things they have done and do. It also maps out how they plan on making a difference through three areas: school readiness, youth success, and adult self sufficiency. It also tells the step to how they go about it: to invest, to convene, and to innovate. They also mention that they provide success stories of people who have gone through their program and videos. This is a big foster care program and can provide my paper with proof of all the things they do for the children as well as all the opportunities they get.
Book:
Pecora, Peter J. What works in foster care? : key components of success from the Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study. Oxford, New York. Oxford University Press. 2010.
This book looks at different foster care agencies and studies their past research, data, and backgrounds. It looks at all different factors of these agencies such as risk factors, education, experiences and outcomes of foster kids, and health. I think this will be a harder book to read but will give me some statistics to put into my paper. But I don’t think it will be a main source.
Periodical Article:
Ashby, Cornelia M. Child welfare [electronic resource] : HHS actions would help states prepare youth in the foster care system for independent living : testimony before the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Govt. Accountability Office. 2007. http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgibin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=gao&docid=f:d071097t.pdf
This article found in the Auraria Library talks about funding to foster cares independent living program. This is also referred to as CHAFEE program. It gives statistics on the program throughout the years. It includes history of the program. It also talks about the instances in which they would use this program as well as its flaws and ways to improve it. This is also important to my paper for it will oppose one of the arguements against foster care which is that the foster care system abandons the kids after they age out.
Friday, March 5, 2010
RJA #6c: Field Research Options
1. Interview: Talk to Jennifer Duncan. She is a family specialist and social worker. I have easy access to talk to her and can get a lot of information from an inside view.
2. Inteview: Email a friend of Jennifer Duncan's. Still working on getting her name and job title. Was told she could give me even more specifics involving foster care and the foster care system.
3. Observation/ Interview: Go to Bridging the Gap. See if I can observe as well as talk to some people to see exactly what the do and everything they provide.
2. Inteview: Email a friend of Jennifer Duncan's. Still working on getting her name and job title. Was told she could give me even more specifics involving foster care and the foster care system.
3. Observation/ Interview: Go to Bridging the Gap. See if I can observe as well as talk to some people to see exactly what the do and everything they provide.
RJA #6b: Social Media and Multimedia
Resource: Icerocket (social media)
Keyword:foster care
Date: 03/05/10
Hits: 3,280
Relevance: 2
Resource: Xanga (social media)
Keyword: fostercare
Search type: tried foster care but it came up with tons of irrelevant stuff so I put in fostercare and got better results
Date: 03/05/10
Hits: 85
Relevance: 3
Resource: Social Mention (social media)
Keyword: Foster care system
Date: 03/05/10
Hits: 200
Relevance: 2
Resource:Blinx.com (multimedia)
Keyword:fostercare
Date: 03/05/10
Hits: 79
Relevance: 3
Keyword:foster care
Date: 03/05/10
Hits: 3,280
Relevance: 2
Resource: Xanga (social media)
Keyword: fostercare
Search type: tried foster care but it came up with tons of irrelevant stuff so I put in fostercare and got better results
Date: 03/05/10
Hits: 85
Relevance: 3
Resource: Social Mention (social media)
Keyword: Foster care system
Date: 03/05/10
Hits: 200
Relevance: 2
Resource:Blinx.com (multimedia)
Keyword:fostercare
Date: 03/05/10
Hits: 79
Relevance: 3
Thursday, March 4, 2010
RJA #6a: Websites
Resource: Redz (search engine)
Keyword: Foster care
Date:03/04/10
Hits: 29
Relevance: 5
Resource: Agent 55 (meta and multi search engines)
Keyword: Foster care system
Date: 03/04/10
Hits: 4,880,000
Relevance: 3
Resource: Internet Public Library (Directories)
Keyword: foster care success stories
Date: 03/04/10
Hits: 500
Relevance: 2
Resource: DeepPeep(Invisible Web Search Tools)
Keyword: Mile High United Way
Date: 03/04/10
Hits: 8
Relevance: 1
Keyword: Foster care
Date:03/04/10
Hits: 29
Relevance: 5
Resource: Agent 55 (meta and multi search engines)
Keyword: Foster care system
Date: 03/04/10
Hits: 4,880,000
Relevance: 3
Resource: Internet Public Library (Directories)
Keyword: foster care success stories
Date: 03/04/10
Hits: 500
Relevance: 2
Resource: DeepPeep(Invisible Web Search Tools)
Keyword: Mile High United Way
Date: 03/04/10
Hits: 8
Relevance: 1
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