Report on Infants and Children with HIV Infection in Foster Care. Part 1. Estimates of the Number of HIV-Seropositive Infants and Children in Foster Care. Part 2. Issues and Problems in Caring for HIV-Infected Infants and Children in Foster Care

摘要

The report addresses the following issues related to foster care placement and HIV-infected children: (1) the total number of infants and children in the United States who have been diagnosed as having acquired immune deficiency syndrome and who have been placed in foster care; (2) the problems encountered by social service agencies in placing infants and children with such syndrome in foster care; (3) the potential increase (over the five-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act) in the number of infants and children with such syndrome who will require foster care. The study revealed that as child welfare agencies continue with limited funding to serve even greater numbers of children and families, pressure for resources for recruitment, training, support services, and reimbursement for the placement of HIV-infected children in foster care will continue to test the limits of the foster care syste's ability to respond and survive.