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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12202/4659| Title: | Child Elopement From Foster Care and Residential Settings. |
| Authors: | Pollack, Daniel 0000-0001-7323-6928 |
| Keywords: | child elopement foster care National Runaway Switchboard preventative measures negligence liability |
| Issue Date: | Dec-2010 |
| Publisher: | American Public Human Services Association-APHSA |
| Citation: | Pollack, Daniel. (December 2010). Child Elopement From Foster Care and Residential Settings. Policy & Practice 68(6): 13. |
| Series/Report no.: | Policy & Practice;68(6) |
| Abstract: | The article discusses the issue on child or youth elopement from foster homes in the U.S. It reports that between 1.6 million and 2.8 million youth run away from foster homes with abuse and neglect as the primary reasons for elopement. It cites that government policy and federal laws on the care of foster youths are strictly implemented and that responsibility rests on the caregiver. Also discussed are examples of preventive measures for youth run aways from residential and foster homes. |
| Description: | Legal notes |
| URI: | https://yulib002.mc.yu.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=56104255&site=ehost-live&scope=site https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12202/4659 |
| ISSN: | 1942-6828 |
| Appears in Collections: | Wurzweiler School of Social Work: Faculty publications |
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