Name: The Adequacy of Foster Care Allowances par Nina Oldfield
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The Adequacy of Foster Care Allowances Résumé

The Adequacy of Foster Care Allowances Nina Oldfield

This text sets out an analytical framework to examine the adequacy of the foster care allowances, paid to foster parents for the upkeep of a foster child in England. The study is intended to inform debate on issues such as the cost of childrearing, the additional direct and indirect costs to foster parents of fostering a child, and has an international dimension comparing foster care allowances in 15 countries. The examination of allowances provides evidence that there is a change in the nature of foster care and a need for policy to reflect that change. The degrees of difficulty in caring for the average foster child is greater than in previous years and local authorities are under pressure to maintain their supply of carers at a time when privatization of the fostering service is very much on the political agenda.

Sommaire

Introduction: the importance of fostering; the role of foster care allowances; the perceived adequacy of the foster care allowance; what is adequacy? how can adequacy be evaluated? previous studies; structure. The dynamics of foster care allowances: introduction; the origins of foster care allowances; the changing climate of foster care in the 1980s and early 1990s; are foster children more expensive to raise than other children? foster parent's aspirations for payment; the value of foster care allowances over time; conclusion. The direct costs of a child: introduction; methods of estimating child costs; the family budget unit; the cost of children - budget components; summaries and discussion; the adequacy of benefits; conclusion. The extra costs of a foster child: introduction; research methods; the sample of foster families; perceptions of foster parents; normative estimate of extra costs; calculation of average costs; the total cost of a foster child; equivalence scales; sensitivity of the study to other measures; conclusion. The indirect costs of fostering: Introduction; time spent on fostering; research design; foster parent perceptions; a summary of the extra effort of caring for foster children; the indirect cost of fostering; conclusion. The comparative cost of a foster child - a survey of fifteen countries: introduction; research methods; demographic context; basic foster care allowance; state transfer of costs and benefits to foster parents; foster wage; total financial support to foster parents; disability; adequacy of payment and the supply of foster parents; reasons for the difference in payments to foster parents; conclusion.

Informations supplémentaires

Sku

GOR009045655

ISBN 13

9781859724279

ISBN 10

1859724272

Titre

The Adequacy of Foster Care Allowances Nina Oldfield

Auteur

Nina Oldfield

Série

Cash & Care S.

État

Occasion - Très bon état

Relié

Éditeur

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Année de publication

19970721

Nombre de pages

202

Prix

N/A

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