This article reports the findings of a qualitative study on the contribution of foster home caregivers for people with serious mental illness. Traditionally, social workers have played a key role in the supervision of foster homes. Little is known about how the help caregivers provide is similar to, or different from, that provided by mental health professionals. Twenty semistructured interview...

a child care service, it is surprising that there is still a great deal of confusion as to the conditions under which children are fostered in private homes. It is believed generally that it is better for a child who is deprived of the care of the family of origin to be brought up in another private family rather than in a children's home with a professional staff. There is little evidence, how...

the midst of raw sewage. In 2001, The EPA also found itself in trouble after declaring Ground Zero air clear, soon after the September 11th attacks. Local officials later heaped criticism on the EPA for that call. Even though the air was within normal limits, noxious dust coated buildings — and poorly protected cleaning crews were sent in to clean up that mess after the EPA’s all-clear. It’s al...

a former foster child, I am inclined to see the Irtish child care service as being tied up with red ^Pe. But fortunately, there are many people in he service itself who are trying desperately to cut l^'s red tape and to pioneer child care with a 'new ??k', similar to the methods already being used successfully in The Netherlands and Denmark, both these countries, the most outstanding ^aiity see...