by Beam, Cris
]–[>]
former foster kids’ views on, [>]–[>]
incarcerated parents and, [>]–[>]
permanency
attachment and, [>]–[>]
baby Oliver and, [>]–[>]
foster child’s view of failure and, [>]–[>]
parents’ view of failure and, [>]–[>]
“permanency planning goal,” [>]. See also independent living
Pierce, Marchella, [>], [>], [>]
Pittman, Kecia
attachment disorders in foster kids and, [>]–[>]
biological mom and, [>], [>]
group homes and, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
importance of staying and, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
road to jail for, [>]–[>]
Pleck, Elizabeth, [>]
poverty. See also class disparities
attachment disorders and, [>]
foster parent demographics and, [>], [>]
historical social policy and, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
neglect and, [>]
race and, [>]–[>]
as risk factor for maltreatment, [>], [>]
social reform and, [>]
prenatal care, [>]–[>]
prenatal drug exposure studies, [>]–[>]
Preparing Youth for Adulthood (ACS pamphlet), [>]
preventive social services
at ACS, [>], [>]
family preservation as goal and, [>], [>], [>]
funding for, [>]
privatization, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
promises to foster kids, [>], [>], [>]
independent living and, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
prostitution, [>]–[>]
public education, [>]–[>]
public opinion, and removal rate, [>], [>]–[>]
Puritan ideology, [>]–[>]
queer kids, [>], [>]–[>], [>]. See also Russell
Quiñonez, Christina, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
race discrimination
foster care inequalities and, [>]–[>]
in foster homes, [>]–[>]
historical welfare policy and, [>]–[>]
reporting and, [>]
Randolph Children’s Home, [>]
removal of children
changes in, [>]
historical reasons for, [>]–[>]
investigator subjectivity and, [>]–[>]
rate of, and public outrage, [>], [>]–[>]
rights of biological parents and, [>]
role of investigators in, [>]–[>]
typical process for, [>]–[>]
waiver system and, [>]–[>]
repetitive patterns
agencies and, [>], [>]
within families, [>]–[>], [>]
reporting of abuse/neglect, [>]
class disparities and, [>]
by family members, [>], [>]–[>]
institutions and, [>]–[>]
mandated reporters and, [>], [>]
reasons to hesitate about, [>]–[>]
residential treatment centers (RTCs), [>]–[>], [>]
cost of, [>]
evaluation of, [>]–[>]
kids’ experiences in, [>]–[>]
Richter, Ronald (ACS commissioner), [>], [>]–[>]
Rittner, Barbara, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Robinson, Lawrence, [>]–[>]
Roosevelt housing projects (Brooklyn), [>]–[>]
Rosario-Keane, Arelis, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Rosario-Keane, Jay Jay, [>]–[>]
Rosario kids, [>]–[>]
running away, [>], [>]
Clarence and, [>]–[>]
Fatimah and, [>]–[>], [>]
Tonya and, [>], [>]–[>]
Russell (Green foster son), [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
safe haven laws, [>]
“secure attachment,” [>], [>]
self-blame, and foster kids, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
sex trafficking, [>], [>]
sexual abuse, [>], [>], [>]
Shameka (daughter of Doreen), [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Sharisha (daughter of Shameka), [>], [>]
SILP. See Supervised Independent Living Program (SILP)
Smalls, Tolightha (caseworker), [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
social reform, [>]–[>], [>]
Social Security Act (1935), [>]
social services. See also preventive social services; therapy for foster kids
implementation and, [>]–[>]
support for biological parents and, [>]–[>]
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (SPCC), [>]–[>], [>]
Solomon (biblical king), [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Soto, Doreen, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
contact with her daughter, [>]–[>]
drugs and, [>]–[>], [>]
Kecia and, [>]–[>]
removal of her daughter, [>]–[>], [>]
SPCC. See Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (SPCC)
“special needs” kids, [>]. See also “hard-to-place” kids
states. See also child welfare system; entries for specific states
abuse legislation in, [>]–[>]
AFDC funds and, [>]–[>]
lawsuits against, [>]
parens patriae and, [>]
removal guidelines and, [>]
support for foster parents from, [>]–[>]
stealing, [>], [>]
“Stubborn Child Statute” (Massachusetts), [>]
substance abuse. See also newborns
ASFA time limits and, [>]–[>]
as health vs. criminal issue, [>]–[>]
parental contact with kids and, [>]
parental termination and, [>]
“suitable home” rule, [>]–[>]
Supervised Independent Living Program (SILP), [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]. See also independent living programs
support for biological parents
drug programs and, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
parental rights and, [>]–[>]
social services and, [>]–[>]
support for foster parents
Glenn and Mindy’s experience and, [>]–[>]
Greens’ experience and, [>]
history of welfare policies and, [>]–[>]
problem kids and, [>]–[>]
surrogacy, [>]
Tamara (foster child), [>]–[>]
Taylor family (Shameka’s adoptive family), [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
team conferencing system, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
teenage foster kids. See also aging out; homelessness; independent living; You Gotta Believe! program
at Greens’ house, [>]–[>]
homelessness prevention and, [>]–[>]
independent living and, [>]–[>]
reasons behind behavior of, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
RTCs and, [>]
as segment of child welfare, [>]–[>]
working the system and, [>]–[>]
TFC. See The Fostering Connection
therapeutic homes
costs for, [>]
Dominique and, [>], [>], [>]
Oneida and, [>]–[>]
removal of kids to, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
therapeutic model, [>]–[>]
therapy for foster kids, [>]–[>]. See also therapeutic homes
Tom (baby Allen’s birth father), [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Tonya (Green foster daughter)
after leaving Greens, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
contacts with birth mother, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
independent living and, [>]–[>]
multiple placements and, [>]–[>]
running away and, [>], [>]–[>]
training of foster parents, [>], [>]
foster-to-adopt parents and, [>]–[>]
psychological training and, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
trust. See also attachment
attachment disorders and, [>]–[>]
building of, and time, [>]
teen anger and, [>]
teen disconnects and, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
therapeutic relationships and, [>]–[>]
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), [>]
urban poor, policies toward, [>]–[>]
waiver funding, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Washington, D.C., [>]
Washington state, [>]–[>]
“Wednesday’s Child,” [>]–[>], [>]
Welcome, Dominique
adoption and, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
biological mother and, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
departure from Greens and, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Fatimah and, [>], [>], [>]
the Greens and, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
independent living fantasies of, [>]–[>]
placements of, [>]–[>]
Wilder, Shirley, [>], [>], [>]
Wiley, Robbyne, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Wilson, Noble (adopted baby), [>], [>]–[>]
Wilson, Shawn (foster and adoptive parent), [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Wilson, Steve (foster and adoptive parent), [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
Wright, Bruce (Georgia foster parent), [>], [>]–[>], [>]
You Gotta Believe! (YGB) program
as approach to homeless prevention, [>]–[>]
recruitment process for, [>]–[>]
About the Author
CRIS BEAM is the author of Transparent: Love, Family, and Living the T with Transgender Teenagers, which won a Lambda Literary Award, and I Am J, a novel for young adults. She teaches creative writing at Columbia University, New York University, and Bayview Correctional Facility. She lives in New York City.