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Practice and Policy Lecture Series Presents: Russian Child Welfare System |
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OKDHS Wide |
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Noon
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1
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Russia’s child welfare system is evolving. After the October Revolution of 1917, all children were declared to be wards of the state in order to standardize their care and upbringing. This policy led to the development of children’s homes (orphanages) and other forms of group or community care. Foster care was implemented in 1924, but was abandoned in 1930 due in part to bureaucratic complications. Consequently, during the mid-1930’s, it was decided children’s homes constituted the best form of care and upbringing of children.
Following World War II, foster care was again attempted, but Khrushchev, in the 1960’s, declared that children should be brought up in boarding homes or orphanages -- the policy for child care over the next 30 years. During the past decade, Russia again has begun looking at foster homes for out of home care for children, but not without opposing forces. |
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Oklahoma History Center
Chesapeake Room
2401 N. Laird Ave. Oklahoma City,
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73105 |
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OKDHS Office of Planning, Research and Statistics
(405) 521-3552
Cecilia.Tannehill@OKDHS.org
www.oucpm.org/lectureseries/ |
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