A Study of Eighteen Children in Foster Homes Between June 1952 and June 1953 After Interim Institutional Care and Clinical Study
Abstract
Background of the Study. In 1953, in New York State alone, 40,611 children were cared for outside their own homes. Of this number, 21,063 were in foster homes. These figures in one way become more appalling when it is remembered that presumably these children are placed for reasons other than poverty. Foster care was originally conceived as a service for dependent or neglected children, that is, for those children whose parents were unable to pay for their care or who were charged with neglect or cruelty toward them." The inception of the Aid to Dependent Children program has brought about a substantial decrease in the numbers of children placed because of financial need. Medical advances have decreased the number of deaths due to child- bearing with the result that fewer children are orphaned at an early age. A further contributing factor is better facilities for prenatal and maternal care. Therefore it may be concluded that a large proportion of these children are in placement because of parental neglect or rejection.
Subject Area
Individual & family studies|Social work
Recommended Citation
Hobbes, Shirley A, "A Study of Eighteen Children in Foster Homes Between June 1952 and June 1953 After Interim Institutional Care and Clinical Study" (1955). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI31097135.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI31097135
