Foster care / Debra Bloom, editor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foster care : an overview / Tom Harris -- Children are in foster care because they are poor / Gaylynn Burroughs -- Children are in foster care because of parents' substance abuse / Joseph P. Ryan, Jeanne C. Marsh, Mark F. Testa, and Richard Louderman -- Staying in a troubled home can be better than foster care placement / Joseph Doyle, Jr. -- Foster children still need support as they reach adulthood / Toni Naccarato and Liliana Hern -- Kinship care benefits foster children / Marlene Busko -- Group homes help at-risk youth / Michael C. Farley -- Group homes increase the risk of delinquency for foster children / Craig Chamberlain -- White families may not be the best choice for adopting black children / David Crary -- Race should not be considered when a family is qualified to adopt a child / Curtis L. Ivery -- The indian child welfare act is needed to preserve indian culture / Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark and Kekek Jason Todd Stark -- Schools take steps to meet the educational needs of foster children / Linda Jacobson -- Schools do not meet the special education needs of foster children / Sarah Geenan and Laurie E. Powers -- Privatized foster care is increasing / Douglas Quan.