Foster care by Jazmyn Woodford https://padlet.com/12278891/7qs5wa1c51srqfys en-us 2023-03-07 16:05:14 UTC 2023-03-20 15:44:15 UTC hello@padlet.com While scrolling through the “ #fostercareawarness” hashtag on Instagram, I can count on one hand the amount of times I have seen anything about an african american child needing a home. But can not count on how many white children i seen, even to try to advertise for the system. Why is this okay? Why are there little to no black children being shown? 12278891 https://padlet.com/12278891/7qs5wa1c51srqfys/wish/2511131368 2023-03-10 01:31:59 UTC https://padlet.com/12278891/7qs5wa1c51srqfys/wish/2511131368 “Research from the last several decades shows that nationwide, African American children are both more likely to enter foster care and remain longer than white children.” - www.childernsrights.org - 12278891 https://padlet.com/12278891/7qs5wa1c51srqfys/wish/2511138101 2023-03-10 01:36:12 UTC https://padlet.com/12278891/7qs5wa1c51srqfys/wish/2511138101 “there was a significant racial disparity in adoption in the Tennessee foster care system for children who have been in the system for several years. For children who spent two years or more in the foster care system, white children were more than three times more likely to get adopted than black children” - www.chidernsrights.org 12278891 https://padlet.com/12278891/7qs5wa1c51srqfys/wish/2511138264 2023-03-10 01:36:19 UTC https://padlet.com/12278891/7qs5wa1c51srqfys/wish/2511138264 “Empirical data establish that these children are removed from their families at greater rates than other races and stay in foster care longer, where they are often abused, neglected, and then severed from their families forever” - https://scholarship.law.marquette.edu/ 12278891 https://padlet.com/12278891/7qs5wa1c51srqfys/wish/2511139838 2023-03-10 01:37:46 UTC https://padlet.com/12278891/7qs5wa1c51srqfys/wish/2511139838 from the book "torn apart" Dorthy Roberts argues that child-welfare workers are effectively punishing families, particularly Black families, because they are poor. (Only about 17% of children removed from their homes nationwide are in foster care because of allegations of physical or sexual abuse.) 12278891 https://padlet.com/12278891/7qs5wa1c51srqfys/wish/2511149285 2023-03-10 01:45:28 UTC https://padlet.com/12278891/7qs5wa1c51srqfys/wish/2511149285 from the book "torn apart" But then Black children are also more likely than white children to be taken from their families and put in foster care. They’re more likely not to go to college after experiencing foster care, more likely to go to prison. So the outcomes are bad too 12278891 https://padlet.com/12278891/7qs5wa1c51srqfys/wish/2511174910 2023-03-10 02:06:42 UTC https://padlet.com/12278891/7qs5wa1c51srqfys/wish/2511174910 a video of a first hand African American and what she experienced 12278891 https://padlet.com/12278891/7qs5wa1c51srqfys/wish/2511183933 2023-03-10 02:14:15 UTC https://padlet.com/12278891/7qs5wa1c51srqfys/wish/2511183933 studies suggest the biggest reasons are the higher rate of poverty among African Americans, as well as racial bias in adoption and lack of access to support services.- www.forthechildern.org 12278891 https://padlet.com/12278891/7qs5wa1c51srqfys/wish/2512842626 2023-03-11 20:15:51 UTC https://padlet.com/12278891/7qs5wa1c51srqfys/wish/2512842626 Black youth in Ohio’s children services system will be emancipated into a racist society that makes it harder to find employment, puts them at increased risk for a fatal encounter with law enforcement,and limits their access to higher education.- 12278891 https://padlet.com/12278891/7qs5wa1c51srqfys/wish/2512843984 2023-03-11 20:19:58 UTC https://padlet.com/12278891/7qs5wa1c51srqfys/wish/2512843984 "weclearly see major disparities between the way people of different racial groups encounter the Ohio’s children services system. These racialized differences show that racism is not only present but also a driver in the Ohio’s children services system." 12278891 https://padlet.com/12278891/7qs5wa1c51srqfys/wish/2512847492 2023-03-11 20:32:55 UTC https://padlet.com/12278891/7qs5wa1c51srqfys/wish/2512847492 The numbers also show that by age 21, young adults who experienced foster care have worse outcomes than their peersin maintaining relationships, attaining post secondary education,securing permanent housing, and finding support if a young parent. This is particularly the case for youth of color, who are over represented in foster care.” - 12278891 https://padlet.com/12278891/7qs5wa1c51srqfys/wish/2512847864 2023-03-11 20:34:31 UTC https://padlet.com/12278891/7qs5wa1c51srqfys/wish/2512847864 Kinship care families who take responsibility for non-biological children need the same support afforded to foster parents, if not more, to address the additional financial strain of childcare, education, food, clothing, and other necessities. 12278891 https://padlet.com/12278891/7qs5wa1c51srqfys/wish/2512851519 2023-03-11 20:47:06 UTC https://padlet.com/12278891/7qs5wa1c51srqfys/wish/2512851519 this lecture Addresses Racial Inequities in Child Welfare: View from Early Childhood Education Speaker: Dr. Iheoma U. Iruka Held on October 27th, 2021 12278891 https://padlet.com/12278891/7qs5wa1c51srqfys/wish/2512856148 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jui1CHPcMQ&t=3006s]]> 2023-03-11 21:04:05 UTC https://padlet.com/12278891/7qs5wa1c51srqfys/wish/2512856148 But experts say a Black family can provide a different dimension of experiences and understanding to a Black child. While there are many families with one or two parents of color looking to adopt babies and young children, finding families to foster or adopt many older kids in the system remains a challenge. - 12278891 https://padlet.com/12278891/7qs5wa1c51srqfys/wish/2516323276 2023-03-14 15:33:33 UTC https://padlet.com/12278891/7qs5wa1c51srqfys/wish/2516323276