Child welfare practitioners are increasingly aware of the importance of foster parents as permanency resources for children and youth in foster care. Many children in foster care who become available for adoption are adopted by their foster parents. In order to facilitate these types of adoption, professionals should be knowledgeable about the benefits, costs, and practice implications.
This document provides an overview of:
- Trends in foster parent adoption
- Benefits of foster parent adoption
- Costs of foster parent adoption
- Practice implications with children and parents
- Pre- and postadoption services
- Questions for further research
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