Foster Care in a Pandemic World

Alternate Title(s)

Produced as part of the series A Mask on the Mountains: Dimensions of Covid-19 in Appalachia. , -NONE-

Identifier

000024129

Alt Identifier

cip.2020.03.11

Asset Type

Date

July 2020, July 2020

Description (Producer Hannah Adams explores how Covid-19 has impacted the foster care system in rural areas like eastern Kentucky.  Foster parents talk about the increased challenges navigating an already overworked and complex foster care system. Problems include the suspension of home visits by social workers, the closing of courtrooms to adoption proceedings, and isolation for foster parents.

Produced as part of the series A Mask on the Mountains: Dimensions of Covid-19 in Appalachia, a project of Appalshop's Appalachian Media Institute.)

Producer Hannah Adams explores how Covid-19 has impacted the foster care system in rural areas like eastern Kentucky.  Foster parents talk about the increased challenges navigating an already overworked and complex foster care system. Problems include the suspension of home visits by social workers, the closing of courtrooms to adoption proceedings, and isolation for foster parents.

Produced as part of the series A Mask on the Mountains: Dimensions of Covid-19 in Appalachia, a project of Appalshop's Appalachian Media Institute.

Media Type

Sound

Subjects

Covid-19, Parenthood, Families, Creating in Place project, A Mask on the Mountains

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This digital object may not be sold or redistributed, copied or distributed as a photograph, electronic file, or any other media without express written consent from the copyright holder and Appalshop, Inc.

Related Collection

Creating in Place Project Collection

Related Place

Kentucky