Foster Care vs. Family Preservation:
The Track Record on Safety and Well-being
At the heart of the criticism of family
preservation is one overriding assumption: If
you remove a child from the home, the child will
be safe. If you leave a child at home the child is
at risk. In fact, there is risk in either direction, but
real family preservation programs have a
better record for safety than foster care.
And even when families don’t get
special help, two huge studies have found
that children left in their own homes typically
do better than comparably-maltreated
children placed in foster care.
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