Child Welfare Services :
In the United States, the term "child
welfare" is used to describe a set of
government services designed to protect children
and encourage family stability. These typically
include investigation of alleged child abuse
and neglect child protective services , foster
care, adoption services, and services aimed
at supporting at-risk families so they can
remain intact prevention services or family
preservation services.
Though the federal government sets rules which
all U.S. states must follow and provides significant
funding, the states themselves have primary
responsibility for establishing and operating
their child welfare systems. Most
children who come to the attention of child
welfare social workers do so because of
any of the following situations, which are
often collectively termed child maltreatment
or child abuse:
Neglect (including the failure
to take adequate measures to protect a child
from harm
Emotional abuse,Sexual abuse, Physical abuse.
The Federal government's Administration
for Children and Families reports that in
2004, approximately 3.5 million children
were involved in investigations of alleged
abuse or neglect, and an estimated 872,000
children were determined to have been abused
or neglected. An estimated 1,490 children
died that year because of abuse or neglect.
As of September 30, 2004, there were 517,000
children in the United States in foster
care.
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