TY - JOUR
T1 - LGBTQ youth in foster care
T2 - litigated reform of New Jersey’s child welfare system
AU - Alvarez, Ariel
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - Institutional heteronormativity is endemic across the U.S. state foster care system. The study purpose was to explore New Jersey’s child welfare agency in the context of policy changes during litigated reform that diminished the influence of institutional heteronormativity contributing to inadequate care of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning (LGBTQ) foster youth. LGBTQ-related policy-based reforms identified through document analysis included: (a) leveraging the authority of state sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression (SOGIE) based anti-discrimination legislation; (b) establishing a Safe Space Initiative program; and (c) integrating SOGIE-based anti-discrimination policy and procedural changes to LGBTQ youth case practice, management, service provision, and placement decisions.
AB - Institutional heteronormativity is endemic across the U.S. state foster care system. The study purpose was to explore New Jersey’s child welfare agency in the context of policy changes during litigated reform that diminished the influence of institutional heteronormativity contributing to inadequate care of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning (LGBTQ) foster youth. LGBTQ-related policy-based reforms identified through document analysis included: (a) leveraging the authority of state sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression (SOGIE) based anti-discrimination legislation; (b) establishing a Safe Space Initiative program; and (c) integrating SOGIE-based anti-discrimination policy and procedural changes to LGBTQ youth case practice, management, service provision, and placement decisions.
KW - child welfare
KW - foster care
KW - heteronormativity
KW - LGBTQ
KW - litigated reform
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85064478936&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/15548732.2019.1602098
DO - 10.1080/15548732.2019.1602098
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85064478936
SN - 1554-8732
JO - Journal of Public Child Welfare
JF - Journal of Public Child Welfare
ER -