Genty P M
School of Law, Columbia University, New York, NY., USA.
Child Welfare. 1998 Sep-Oct;77(5):543-59.
Parental incarceration is a growing problem that is not accommodated for in the traditional, time-driven model of permanency planning. The trend in both law and policy regarding children in out-of-home care is toward early termination of parental rights and placement for adoption. The federal Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 places additional pressure on state agencies to continue this trend. Child welfare agencies need to recognize the importance of maintaining parent-child relationships, even when a parent is incarcerated, and must develop creative approaches for dealing with the unique challenges presented by parental incarceration. The author, an advocate for incarcerated parents, offers recommendations for permanency planning in the context of parental incarceration.
父母被监禁是一个日益严重的问题，传统的、受时间驱动的永久性安置规划模式并未考虑到这一问题。关于寄养儿童的法律和政策趋势是尽早终止父母权利并安排收养。1997年的联邦《收养与安全家庭法》给各州机构施加了额外压力，促使其延续这一趋势。儿童福利机构需要认识到维持亲子关系的重要性，即便父母一方被监禁，并且必须制定创新方法来应对父母被监禁所带来的独特挑战。本文作者是一位为被监禁父母发声的倡导者，针对父母被监禁情况下的永久性安置规划提出了建议。
