White, Kevin R. “Placement Discontinuity for Older Children and Adolescents Who Exit Foster
Care Through Adoption Or Guardianship: A Systematic Review”. Child and Adolescent
Social Work Journal 33.4 (2015): 377-394 PSYCInfo. Web. 13 October 2017.
Summary: In this source, White looks deep into the American foster care system and how it works when and older child or a child with special needs has to be placed into a permanent home after unionization is no longer a viable option for the family. He includes legislation written in the last ten years, incentives put in place for states to find homes rather than leave kids in foster care until the “age out” (become adults). There is the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act of 2014 demanded that states regularly look for permanency options for foster children. The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act gave incentives for states to find adoptive homes for older kids and kids with special needs, including more assistance finding those homes, and expanded the availability of subsidized guardianship payments for relatives providing more children with homes.
Quality: This source had a lot of good information about the different legislation regarding children under the care of the state. White was very thorough in his research and he is a respected professor of social work at East Carolina University. Throughout his paper, White used specific examples whenever he made a statement. For example when he spoke of recent legislation that would improve child permanency, he mentioned the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act of 2014, the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act, and statistics regarding the number of foster children being adopted in 1998 and 2008. Each time White introduces a key word or phrase he gives a detailed definition for the reader.
Key Words/Phrases: Adoption, foster care, guardianship, discontinuity, child welfare, permanency
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