Re: race matching and child welfare

[rbarth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Rick Barth)]

Thanks for the clarification, Bill. I had misunderstood your earlier post,
thinking that you were indicating that the adherence to MEPA had extended the
time to adoption.

Richard P. Barth, Ph.D.
Frank A Daniels Professor and Chair of the Doctoral Program
School of Social Work  TTK 524J
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3550
919 962 6516 (v), 919 962 1486 (f), rbarth@unc.edu

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 I'm just indicating what was reported in Cincinnati papers very recently,
 specifically, child welfare agency was fined for the practice, and that the
 practice of placing minority children only with minority parents extended
 their time to be adopted.
 
 I have no view on the matter one way or the other.
 
 bill moore
 
 > Bill: I understand why Ohio might be fined, under MEPA/IEPA, but I'm
 unclear
 > why this woul dhave "extended the time significantly for minority children
 > to be adopted."  This is certainly contrary to the intent of the
 > legislation.  How does it occur that widening the group of families
 eligible
 > to adopt minority children (by including non-matched families) results in
 > slower placements? IT wouldn't be the first time that the intent of the
 law
 > was not met, and I would find it instructive to understand how you believe
 > this to be working in a counterproductive fashion in Ohio.
 >
 > Rick
 >
 > Richard P. Barth, Ph.D.
 > Frank A Daniels Professor and Chair of the Doctoral Program
 > School of Social Work  TTK 524J
 > University of North Carolina
 > Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3550
 > 919 962 6516 (v), 919 962 1486 (f), rbarth@unc.edu
 >
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 >
 >  And in fact here in Ohio the state was fined by the feds for this very
 >  practice, extending the time significantly for minority children to be
 >  adopted.
 >
 >  bill moore
 >
 >
 >  > It's illegal to consider race in making a placement except for the
 >  > specific needs of a specific child.  That might actually be a violation
 >  > of the law.
 >  >
 >  > >>> bill_higginsus@yahoo.com 11/21/03 17:02 PM >>>
 >  > We are running a training for new workers.  Someone
 >  > asked about matching the race of the child with the
 >  > race of the worker.  Is there any research on this
 >  > topic?  Does it seem to make a difference?
 >  >
 >  > Bill Higgins
 >  >
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