Child Welfare Work in California: A Study of Agencies and Institutions |
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Child Welfare Work in California: A Study of Agencies and Institutions ... William H. Slingerland No preview available - 2015 |
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Page 172 - As to the children who for sufficient reasons must be removed from their own homes, or who have no homes, it is desirable that, if normal in mind and body and not requiring special training, they should be cared for in families whenever practicable. The carefully selected foster home is for the normal child the best substitute for the natural home.
Page 204 - ... pursue a gainful occupation, is denied aid by the county, upon a petition setting forth the facts in full as to the necessity of aid, verified by five reputable citizens of the county, city and county, city, or town, the applicant in any such case shall have the right of appeal direct to the state board of control for aid for such child and should this appeal be sustained by said board, payment must be made for the child as above provided.
Page 143 - If it be found, however, that the parent or parents or guardian of a dependent or delinquent person is unable to pay the whole expense of maintaining such person, the court may, in the order providing for the custody of such person, direct such additional amount as may be necessary to support such person to be paid from the county treasury of the county for the support of such person, the amount so ordered to be paid from the treasury of said county not to exceed, in case of any one person the sum...
Page 20 - The term place-out, when used in this act, means the placing of a destitute child in a family, other -than that of a relative within the second degree, for the purpose of providing a home for such child.
Page 143 - ... the court may, in the order providing for the custody of such child, direct such additional amount as may be necessary to support such child to be paid from the county treasury of the county for the support of such...
Page 172 - The carefully selected foster home is for the normal child the best substitute for the natural home. Such homes should be selected by a most careful process of investigation, carried on by skilled agents through personal investigation and with due regard to the religious faith of the child.
Page 143 - Any order providing for the custody of a dependent or delinquent person may provide that the expense of maintaining such person shall be paid by the parent or parents or guardian of such person, and in such case shall state the amount to be so paid. * * * If It be found, however, that the parent or parents or guardian of a dependent or delinquent person is unable to pay the whole expense of maintaining such person, the court may, In...
Page 176 - Not only are poverty and a high death-rate always closely related ; but a high death-rate implies also a high rate of sickness and of inefficiency among those who survive.
Page 34 - Every child placed in a good home with a good family stands at least five times the chance of proving a valuable, independent citizen that the child reared in the institution has. Everything that is said here in regard to the advantages of the family home over the orphanage, applies with equal force against keeping young children in reformatories. There is rarely a child under twelve in a reformatory who could not and should not be placed in a good home.
Page 204 - ... half orphan an amount equal to the sum paid by the State : And provided further, That in any case where any such...