Foster Care: Five Single Women Licensed as Foster Mothers Under the Supervision of the New York Foundling Hospital, 1963

Richard Patrick Lee, Fordham University

Abstract

This study will present case material from the records of five single foster mothers licensed by the New York Foundling Hospital under the authority granted by the New York State Department of Welfare. boarding children. Only two of these women are presently Another home is inactive where the foster mother retains her license pending future placements. One woman boarded children until the time of her death in 1960. The last case has been transferred from boarding care to the Adoption Department for review.

Subject Area

Womens studies|Social work

Recommended Citation

Lee, Richard Patrick, "Foster Care: Five Single Women Licensed as Foster Mothers Under the Supervision of the New York Foundling Hospital, 1963" (1963). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI30613276.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI30613276

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