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This article discusses the problems of medically fragile children, drug affected and/or HIV infected. Passage of the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 markedly increased the number of these children in foster care. The specific barriers to permanency planning for this group of children are discussed and include interviews with staff people, review of the literature and integration of material from pilot studies of families fostering and adoping children with HIV.
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Dr. Groze is an Associate Professor, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Mr Haines-Simeon is a Research Assistant, Univ. of Iowa, School of Social Work.
Funding for the project from which this article was derived was provided by the Dept. of Health and Human Services, Abandoned Infants Assistance Programs, contracts #90CB00029.
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Groze, V., Haines-Simeon, M. & Barth, R.P. Barriers in permanency planning for medically fragile children: Drug affected children and HIV infected children. Child Adolesc Soc Work J 11, 63–85 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01876104
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