The Role of Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs) in the Lives of Transition-Age Youth with Foster Care Experience

Katz, Colleen C.; Geiger, Jennifer M.

doi:10.1007/s10560-021-00759-8

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“…As displayed in Table 2 , we identified 21 papers covering a range of legal topics relating to expectant and parenting foster youth, including five papers on legal reproductive rights (Dudley, 2013 ; Manian, 2016 ; Moore, 2012 ; Pedagno, 2011 ; Wallis, 2014 ), ten papers on parental rights (Baynes-Dunning & Worthington, 2012 ; Benjamin et al, 2006 ; Garlinghouse, 2012 ; Harkness et al, 2017 ; C. C. Katz & Geiger, 2021 ; S. Katz, 2006 ; Pokempner, 2019 , 2020 ; Riehl & Shuman, 2019 ; Stotland & Godsoe, 2006 ), and six papers on legal representation in child welfare courts (Barry, 2017 ; Bonagura, 2008 ; Buske, 2006 ; Fines, 2011 ; Hirst & Jones, 2016 ; Horwitz et al, 2011 ). Among these legal papers on expectant or parenting foster youth, no papers focused solely on fathers in care, three papers made mention of expectant or parenting fathers in care (Benjamin et al, 2006 ; S. Katz, 2006 ; Pokempner, 2020 ), ten papers discussed expectant or parenting fathers and mothers in care together (Barry, 2017 ; Bonagura, 2008 ; Buske, 2006 ; Dudley, 2013 ; Harkness et al, 2017 ; Hirst & Jones, 2016 ; Horwitz et al, 2011 ; Pokempner, 2019 ; Riehl & Shuman, 2019 ; Stotland & Godsoe, 2006 ), seven papers focused solely on pregnant females or mothers in foster care (Baynes-Dunning & Worthington, 2012 ; Fines, 2011 ; Garlinghouse, 2012 ; Manian, 2016 ; Moore, 2012 ; Pedagno, 2011 ), and the parental context of one paper was difficult to ascertain (C. C. Katz & Geiger, 2021 ).…”

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“…Legal guidance specific to fathers in foster care includes information on establishing paternity, their rights as fathers (e.g. visitation and custody), and seeking legal support when their paternal rights are violated Bonagura ( 2008 ) Fathers and mothers in the aggregate No; Legal insight presented for parents in foster care generally, but only mothers in care are discussed and references to fathers are in the context of the father of a child with a mother in foster care Buske ( 2006 ) Fathers and mothers in the aggregate No; Legal insight presented for parents in foster care generally, but female pronouns are used when referring to parents in care Dudley ( 2013 ) Males and females in the aggregate No; Legal insight is presented for preventing pregnancy among youth in foster care generally Harkness et al ( 2017 ) Fathers and mothers in the aggregate No; Legal insight presented for parents in foster care generally, but only female pronouns are used Hirst and Jones ( 2016 ) Fathers and mothers in the aggregate No; Legal insight presented for parents in foster care generally, but only mothers in care are discussed and the one reference to a father is to father of a child whose mother is in foster care and is the focal mother of a vignette in the paper Horwitz et al ( 2011 ) Fathers and mothers in the aggregate No; Legal insight presented for parents in foster care generally Katz ( 2006 ) Fathers and mothers Yes; Legal insight is presented for fathers, mothers, and parents in foster care Katz and Geiger ( 2021 ) Unclear Unclear; Information regarding the gender of the parents reporting on CASA support among parenting foster youth is not provided Pokempner ( 2019 ) Fathers and mothers in the aggregate No; Legal insight presented for parents in foster care generally Pokempner ( 2020 ) …”

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Fatherhood in Foster Care: A Scoping Review Spanning 30 Years of Research on Expectant and Parenting Fathers in State Care

Harty

Ethier

2022

Child Adolesc Soc Work J

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Over the past 30 years, there has been a surge of interest in understanding the experiences and outcomes of expectant and parenting foster youth. Despite the importance of understanding this unique population of foster youth, there remains a lack of research on fathers in foster care. Most studies of expectant and parenting foster youth focus on mothers in care, and studies that have examined fathers in care provide little insight compared to what we know about mothers. Furthermore, existing research on fathers in foster care is limited by underreporting, service engagement issues, lack of meaningful engagement data, and very little information on fathers’ involvement with their children. There is very little published research on the experience of fatherhood in foster care or on related outcomes for fathers in care such as residency with children, father engagement with children, coparental relationship quality, or the health and well-being of their children. While there have been over 60 studies and three reviews on expectant and parenting foster youth spanning roughly 30 years, the articles have primarily focused on empirical findings relating to mothers in foster care. Information on fathers in foster care has received little attention and is restricted to empirical studies. This scoping review aims to fill this gap by examining the available information on fathers in foster care. To this end, our scoping review explores empirical findings and knowledge from practice-, legal-, and policy-related literature related to fathers in foster care from peer-reviewed journal articles, reports, dissertations, white papers, and grey literature published between 1989 and 2021. Findings from 94 sources of evidence on expectant and parenting foster youth suggest that mothers in foster care are consistently the focus of the literature. If fathers in foster care are included in the literature, findings or guidance are often provided in the aggregate (e.g., parents in care). However, when aggregated, literature still focuses on mothers in care, or female pronouns are used to describe the larger expectant or parenting foster youth population. Many of the studies excluded fathers, and the primary exclusion rationale includes a lack of identified fathers in care, unreliable child welfare data on fathers, or high attrition of fathers in parenting services. In terms of information on fathers in foster care by the source of evidence, research papers often provided quantitative descriptions of fathers, practice papers focused on rights of fathers, legal papers centered on paternity establishment or paternal rights, and policy papers largely discussed the need for improved data tracking and interventions for fathers. More research is needed to support fathers in foster care as they transition out of care into early adulthood and young fatherhood.

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