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Write an 6 page paper (do not include cover page or reference page) (double space, 12 font size, Times new Roman font.

The paper will be based on the following. Answer the questions listed below. The topic of this paper is An analysis of the Polices and implications of the NYC Foster Care System.

Remember, you are asked to consider the ways in which the history of settler colonialist society, its ideologies, beliefs, values, language and ways of knowing, shape the manner in which social work is currently practiced.

• How do they contribute to the experiences of service users as they interface within the system you have chosen to write about?

• How might they have shaped the meaning that service users place on their own circumstances, identities, etc.?

• How do they inform how you, as the practitioner, utilize your power and positionality in the processes of assessment, engagement and intervention?

• What are some of the strategies for dismantling these types of thoughts, policies and practices?

• What are some alternative, decolonized thoughts, policies and practices and the possibilities that might emerge from these shifts?

Outline (Guide on what to focus on regarding this paper) (Can be modified)

Topic: An analysis of the Polices and implications of the NYC Foster Care System

Focus on this paper is the following:

Current examples of laws in child welfare/foster care. These laws include the following-

Termination of parental rights

Teen pregnancy in foster care

Frameworks

Utilizing the just practice framework: 5 context framework; power, possibility, meaning, context, history

Teacher/learner module

Examples on How to Decolonization the NYC foster care system:

Elaborating on key factors that should be decolonized within the foster care system:

Reporting suspect child abuse/maltreatment

Removing children from their caretakers

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References ( Please only use 5 references, you may change them if you like)

· Gottlieb, Chris (2018). The lessons of mass incarceration for child welfare

Lieberman, L. D., Bryant, L. L., Boyce, K., & Beresford, P. (2014). Pregnant teens in foster care: Concepts, issues, and challenges in conducting research on vulnerable populations. Journal of Public Child Welfare, 8(2), 143-163.

Jetter, D. (2021). How can we Change Foster Today.

Krase, K. S. (2015). Child Maltreatment Reporting by Educational Personnel: Implications for Racial Disproportionality in the Child Welfare System. Children & Schools, 37(2), 89–99. https://doi-org.proxy.wexler.hunter.cuny.edu/10.1093/cs/cdv

McCullough, M. E. A. (2017). A phenomenological study of youth experiences in residential foster care and their recommendations for change