INyanga yeSizwe yoLondolozo

NgoMeyi yiNyanga yeSizwe yoLondolozo lweFoster, nto leyo ebangela ukuba ndiyithanda kakhulu ngenxa yomsebenzi endiwenzayo ngeColorado Access. Ndisebenza kwisebe lezengqondo ezingxamisekileyo kwiSibhedlele saBantwana saseColorado kwaye ndihlala ndidibana nabantwana abakhuliswe ngabazali, bamkelwa ziintsapho zabo ngokunyamekela, okanye babandakanyeka kwinkqubo yentlalontle yabantwana ngelixa behlala kwikhaya labo kunye nosapho lwabo, kodwa kunjalo. ukufumana inkxaso ngelizwe kwiinkonzo ezahlukeneyo ezingahlawulwanga ngeminye imithombo yenkxaso-mali. Ngomsebenzi wam, ndiye ndakhula ukuxabisa ngokwenene ixabiso lezi nkqubo eziyilelwe ukunceda ukugcina iintsapho kunye nokukhusela izizukulwana zethu ezizayo.

Kwiminyaka eliqela eyadlulayo, ngaphambi kokuba ndiqalise ukusebenza nabantwana ababandakanyekayo kwinkqubo yokunyamekela abantwana abangenabani, mna neqabane lam sasibukele iindaba zangokuhlwa yaye kwavela umxholo wentlalo-ntle yabantwana kwincoko yethu. Ndachaza ukuba kudala ndifuna ukuba ngumzali ongenabani. Bendinombono oncomekayo wokuba ndizokwazi ukuchaphazela ubomi babantu abancinci kwaye ndibancede kwingxaki ixesha elide ngokwaneleyo ukuba badityaniswe neentsapho zabo kwaye wonke umntu angaphila ngolonwabo emva koko. Oku kwandikhokelela ekubeni ndenze olwam uphando malunga nembali yokukhuliswa komntu ongengowakho, iingcamango ezithile eziphosakeleyo, ukhuseleko olukhoyo kubantwana abakwinkqubo yokunyamekela abantwana, iinzuzo zokuba ngumzali ongengowakho kunye nendlela yokuba ngumzali ongengowakho.

IVeki yeSizwe yoLondolozo lweNdalo ibe linyathelo eliqalwe liZiko laBantwana, eliyi-ofisi ekwiSebe lezeMpilo kunye neeNkonzo zoLuntu. IVeki yoLondolozo lweFoster lwenziwa ngo-1972 nguMongameli uNixon ukuphakamisa ulwazi ngeemfuno zolutsha kwinkqubo yokukhuliswa kwabantwana kunye nokuqesha abazali abangenabani. Ukusuka apho, uMeyi wamiselwa njengeNyanga yeSizwe yoLondolozo lukaMongameli uReagan ngowe-1988. Ngaphambi kowe-1912, iinkqubo zentlalo-ntle yabantwana kunye neenkqubo zokunyamekela abantwana zaziqhutywa ikakhulu yimibutho yabucala neyenkolo. Ngowe-1978, kwapapashwa iFoster Children Bill of Rights, eye yamiselwa kumazwe ali-14 nasePuerto Rico. Le mithetho iseka ukhuseleko oluthile kulutsha olukwinkqubo yokukhuliswa kwabantu abangenabani, ngaphandle kwabo bagcinwe kwiCandelo leeNkonzo zoLutsha kunye nezibhedlele zikaRhulumente zabagula ngengqondo.

Olu khuselo lwabantwana ukuya kutsho kwiminyaka eyi-18, kwiimeko ezininzi, lubandakanya:

• Ukukhuthazwa kozinzo lwesikolo
• Inkululeko yokugcina i-akhawunti yebhanki yokukhululwa
• Ukukhuselwa malunga nolawulo lwamayeza kagqirha ngaphandle kokuba kugunyaziswe ngugqirha
• Ulutsha oluphakathi kweminyaka eli-16 ne-18 luqinisekiswa yinkundla ukuba lufumana iingxelo zetyala simahla ukunceda ukukhusela kubusela bezazisi.
• Abazali abangenabani kunye nababoneleli bekhaya beqela kufuneka benze iinzame ezifanelekileyo zokuvumela ulutsha ukuba lubandakanyeke kwimisebenzi yangaphandle, yenkcubeko, yemfundo, enxulumene nomsebenzi, kunye neyobuqu.

Ukunyamekela abantwana kufanele kube yinto yokwexeshana eyenzelwe ukunceda abazali babeke inkxaso ukuze bakwazi ukunyamekela abantwana babo. Le nkqubo yayiyilwe ngenjongo yokumanyanisa iintsapho kwakhona. EColorado, abantwana abangama-4,804 bafakwa kukhathalelo ngo-2020, behle ukusuka kwi-5,340 ngo-2019. Ekubeni bembalwa abafundisi-ntsapho, abacebisi, kunye nemisebenzi yasemva kwesikolo, bekukho iintatheli ezisisinyanzelo ezimbalwa nabanye abantu abadala abaxhalabileyo ukuba bachaze iinkxalabo zokungahoywa kunye nokuphathwa gadalala. Kubalulekile ukukhankanya ukuba xa kufowunelwa iinkxalabo zokhuseleko lomntwana, oku akuthethi ukuba umntwana uya kususwa ngokuzenzekelayo. Xa inkxalabo ixeliwe, i-intake caseworker iya kulandela kwaye ithathe isigqibo sokuba ngaba iinkxalabo zifanelekile, ukuba umntwana usengozini ngokukhawuleza kwaye imeko inokuphuculwa ngoncedo oluncinci. ISebe leeNkonzo zoLuntu kwingingqi liya kuthi ke lenze zonke iinzame zokunceda ukusombulula iinkxalabo ngokubonelela ngezibonelelo kunye nenkxaso kusapho ukuba umntwana akavavanywanga ukuba usengozini ekhawulezileyo. Isixa-mali esibonakalayo senkxaso-mali kunye nezibonelelo zabelwe ukunceda iintsapho ukuba zihlangabezane neemfuno zazo. Ukuba umntwana ususiwe ekhaya, umbuzo wokuqala obuzwayo umalunga nomnikezeli wobudlelwane. Umnikezeli wobudlelwane lukhetho lokubeka kunye namanye amalungu osapho, izihlobo ezisondeleyo zosapho okanye umntu omdala omthembileyo nenjongo yayo yokugcina uluntu kunye nosapho. Amakhaya okukhulisa abantwana awasoloko engamakhaya eqela okanye anabantu abangabaziyo abaye bazinikela ukuze bavule iintliziyo zabo namakhaya kubantwana abasweleyo. Kubantwana abangama-19 abakhuliswe ngabanye abantu, bekukho kuphela amakhaya ali-4,804 akhoyo eColorado.

Khona ndingathini ukuba ngumzali ongondliyo, mna neqabane lam kufuneka sivume ukuya phambili? EColorado, ubuhlanga, ubuhlanga, ukuziqhelanisa ngokwesondo, kunye nemeko yomtshato ayizukuchaphazela amandla akho okuba ngumzali ongengowakho. Iimfuneko ziquka ukuba ngaphezu kweminyaka engama-21 ubudala, ukuba nendlu okanye ukurenta ikhaya, ukuba neendlela ezaneleyo zokuzixhasa ngokwasezimalini nokuba nozinzo ngokweemvakalelo ukunika uthando, ulwakhiwo, novelwano ebantwaneni. Inkqubo ibandakanya ukufumana i-CPR kunye noncedo lokuqala oluqinisekisiweyo, isifundo sasekhaya apho umntu osebenza kwi-caseworker uya kuvavanya ikhaya lokhuseleko, ukujonga imvelaphi kunye neeklasi eziqhubekayo zabazali. Abantwana abakhuliswa ngabanye abazali banelungelo lokufumana i-Medicaid ukuya kutsho kwiminyaka eli-18. usapho. Ii-arhente zokugcinwa kwabantwana kunye neSebe leeNkonzo zoLuntu leSebe leeNkonzo zoKhuseleko lwaBantwana zihlala zibamba iintlanganiso zolwazi malunga nokuba ungaba ngumzali ongengowakho. Ukuthathwa komntwana abe ngowakho kunokuba yinkqubo ebiza kakhulu. Ngokukhetha ukuba ngumzali ongenabani, iintsapho zinokuthatha abantwana abangasekhoyo kugcino lwabazali bemvelo, kunye neendleko ezininzi ezihlawulwa liSebe leeNkonzo zoLuntu.

Ndicinga ukuba sonke sinokuvumelana ukuba wonke umntwana ukufanele ukukhulela kwikhaya elonwabileyo, elizinzileyo. Ndinombulelo kwiintsapho ezenza ukhetho lokuvula amakhaya neentliziyo zabo kubantwana abasweleyo. Ayilokhetho lulula kodwa lithuba elibalulekileyo lokubonisa umntwana osweleyo. Ndivakalelwa kukuba ndinethamsanqa ukusebenza ngokusondeleyo neentsapho ezikhuliswa ngabanye abantu abangengowabo, abantu abangoobani, kunye nolutsha olubandakanyekayo kwinkqubo yokunyamekela abantwana.

Resources

UMthetho oyilwayo wamaLungelo oLondolozo (ncsl.org) https://www.ncsl.org/research/human-services/foster-care-bill-of-rights.aspx

Abantwana abakhuliswe ngabanye abazali | ABANTWANA COUNT Iziko leDatha https://datacenter.kidscount.org/data/tables/6243-children-in-foster-care?loc=1&loct=2&msclkid=172cc03b309719d18470a25c658133ed&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Foster%20Care%20-%20Topics&utm_term=what%20is%20foster%20care&utm_content=What%20is%20Foster%20Care#detailed/2/7/false/574,1729,37,871,870,573,869,36,868,867/any/12987

UPhando lweMithetho yoMbuso – iSango loLwazi lweNtlalontle yaBantwana https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/systemwide/laws-policies/state/?CWIGFunctionsaction=statestatutes:main.getResults

Malunga – neNyanga yeSizwe yoLondolozo lweNkxaso – iSango loLwazi ngeNtlalontle yaBantwana https://www.childwelfare.gov/fostercaremonth/About/#history

IColorado - Ngubani Okhathalayo: Inani lesizwe laMakhaya oMntwana kunye neeNtsapho (fostercarecapacity.com) https://www.fostercarecapacity.com/states/colorado

Ukhathalelo lweFoster Colorado | Adoption.com Ukhathalelo lweFoster Colorado | Adoption.com https://adoption.com/foster-care-colorado#:~:text=Also%2C%20children%20in%20foster%20care%20are%20eligible%20for,Can%20I%20Adopt%20My%20Child%20From%20Foster%20Care%3F