| Documentation presentation |
| ISS/IRC Code |
TOOL-PRACTICE ENG-112 |
| Partner |
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| Title |
Outreach to birthfathers of children in out-of-home care |
| Author |
FRANCK Ellen |
| Generic unit |
Child Welfare vol 80, n° 3 |
| General information |
| Date published/issue |
05-00-2001 |
| Date received |
00-00-0000 |
| Place published |
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| Editor |
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| Publisher |
Child Welfare League of America
http://www.cwla.org/ |
| Distributor |
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| Page |
pp. |
| Price |
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| ISBN |
0009-4021 |
| Type of material |
Monograph
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| Language of document |
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| Document information |
| Document description |
Commentaries
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| Country concerned |
UNITED STATES
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| Index |
Family-origin
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| Free text |
This article presents findings from a study of casework outreach to birthparents of children in out-of-home care. The study explored whether the birthfather was being ignored as a resource for discharge planning. It examined the outreach and interventions of caseworkers in three New York City out-of-home care agencies. Casework activity levels were found to be higher for birthmothers than for birthfathers, and a complex relationship among the variables of gender, outreach, and response was revealed. The nature and value of more specific outreach toward birthfathers of children in care the risk of ignoring men in the birth family system are discussed. |