When children enter foster care, it often means being removed from their families, a traumatic process that disproportionately impacts Native children. A new UAA study explores approaches that could limit family separation.
Children playing on the school playground in Kwigillingok. UAA researcher Saniġaq Jessica Ullrich says a Kwigillingok program has helped keep kids out of foster care because “there was that relationship and connectedness that happened among the community members.”
“My whole passion has been about ending the disproportionate number of Alaska Native children in out-of-home care,” Ullrich said. “And I felt like I did everything I could within the system to create change, but the number stayed the same.” “What happened in the past is still happening today,” Ullrich said. “And I feel like there’s not enough attention or recognition that the current policies of child welfare are slanted toward removal.”fellow UAA social work researcher Yvonne Chase, the two looked at an alternative approach to child welfare. Their proposed framework is built around empowering families and communities rather than removing children from their homes.
The study notes the federal government has budgeted more than $9 billion on foster care and adoption this fiscal year with only millions of dollars on support and prevention.
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