Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Trans Foster and
Adoptive Parents: Recruiting, Assessing, and Supporting Untapped Family
Resources for Children and Youth provides social work practitioners with guidelines for
working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans people interested in fostering
or adopting. Although a growing number of LGBT people are applying to foster or
adopt and are successfully caring for children and youth, they remain, in some
parts of the nation, an underutilized resource. With a national shortfall of foster
and adoptive placements, and a national strategy to recruit and support foster
and adoptive parents, agencies need to ensure that they do not prejudice
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans applicants from coming forward as potential
foster or adoptive resources for children and youth in need.
Author: Gerald P. Mallon
Item: 1552
ISBN: 978-1-58760-155-2