Substitute Child Care as a Current Problem of Social Care in the Czech Republic

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/danb-2017-0016" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/danb-2017-0016</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/danb-2017-0016" target="_blank" >10.1515/danb-2017-0016</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Substitute Child Care as a Current Problem of Social Care in the Czech Republic

Original language description

In the event of the breakdown of the original family, institutional care has for many decades been the preferred alternative to family substitute care or aid to the original family. The origins of this practice can be traced to the 1950s, when foster families were cancelled by the communist regime and the ideology of collective upbringing triumphed. The objective of this essay is to determine how substitute child care in the Czech Republic has changed in the last ten years. The unfortunate practice of giving preference to institutional care in the event of the breakdown of the original family is changing: between the years 2005-2016 the number of children in institutional facilities for the youngest children (up to three years of age) has decreased by 30%; a similar trend may be observed in older children assigned to institutional or protective care. In contrast, the number of children in foster care has increased by 2.5 times since 2004. In 2016 40% more children lived in all forms of formal family substitute care compared to 2009. The problem remains the fragmented nature of legislation among the various ministries and the inadequate support of families in danger of social exclusion. A disproportionate number of children continue to be placed in substitute care due to non-existent public housing and inadequate networks of outpatient, field, and support services.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50902 - Social sciences, interdisciplinary

Project

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Continuities

N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

DANUBE: Law, Economics and Social Issues Review

ISSN

1804-6746

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

8

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

237-248

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85048031977